• by Denise Restauri , December 22, 2011

Last month we featured “What Are Teen Girls Really Talking About?” I received many emails asking me for more information about “This Girl.” So we asked hundreds of teen girls for their likes, dislikes, heroes and favorite movies, books and music. Below is a random sampling of four girls ages 13 - 16, an inside look at “This Girl.”

Age 13

Likes: Candy, Good Substantial Music, Dr Pepper

Dislikes: Rap Music, Justin Bieber

Fave Movies: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, She’s the Man, Young Frankenstein, all Harry Potters

Fave Music: Muse, Paramour, Selena Gomez & the Scene, Victoria Justice

Heroes: St. Gianna Molla, St. Thomas More

Fave Books: All Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Uglies Series: Pretties, Specials, Extras

Age 14

Likes: Hot Chocolate

Dislikes: Stupid People

Fave Movies: Avatar, How to Train Your Dragon, Mean Girls and Easy A

Fave Music: Owl City, Cameron Burnette & The Ghost Ballerinas, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Scarlet Grey, Vanessa Carlton, Regina Spektor, Bobby Teenager, Freelance Whales, Ingrid Michaelson, Adele, Darren Criss

Heroes: J.K. Rowling

Books:Books by Jerry Spinelli and Gail Carson Levine

Age 15

Likes: Hats, Pet Rocks, 80’s Movies, Cupcakes, Band Jokes, Pillow Pets and Ramen Noodles

Dislikes: Ignorance. The fact my life isn’t an 80’s movie. The fact I can’t eat Ramen everyday.

Fave Movies: The Breakfast Club, 500 days of Summer, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Toy Story 1-3, Easy A

Fave Music: Paramore, Panic! At The Disco, Pierce The Veil, Peter Tchaikovsky, My Chemical Romance, Queen, Tegan and Sara, Mayday Parade, NSN and that’s just to name a few

Heroes: The person who invented the microwave

Fave Books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Generation Dead, Uglies, Harry Potter, Looking For Alaska, The Hunger Games, Hoot

Age 16

Likes: Netflix, Fashion, History, My Cat, Nature, Happiness, Family and Being Awesome

Dislikes: Sparkling Vampires

Fave Movies: The Boy Who Could Fly, Princess Bride, Heathers, Finding Nemo, Newsies, Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, It Happened One Night, The Breakfast Club, Howards End, Desperately Seeking Susan and Elizabethtown.

Fave Music: Duncan Sheik, She & Him, Yellow Card, Bat for Lashes, Michael Franks, Liz Story, Jason Mraz, Michelle Branch, Adele and Parachute

Heroes: My Dad

Books: Pride & Prejudice, Gone With the Wind, Treasure Island, Anne of Green Gables, A Mango Shaped Space, The Sharing Knife Saga, Harry Potter, anything by Agatha Christie & anything by John Green.

What would you like to know about This Girl?  Please let me know.