Maid Sally

I would not have been allowed to read this when younger because of the fairies...although later in the book, the parson says that fairies are not real, it does not change that Sally relies on the advice of an “inner fairy” in her search to become a proper young lady.
Other than the fairy stuff, though, which did not need to be so overdone, it's a sweet story for young people, covering the years of Sally's life between 11 and 16. I would recommend that it be read by older people, though, for it's not entirely healthy for impressionable children to consider that good things come from hearing inner voices.