This might be a new favorite. It's a coming of age story that almost perfectly captures the pain, fantasy, and unexpected humor that go along with adolescence. 
 The real star, however, is Miss Jean Brodie, a character somehow as magnetic as she is insufferable. This is also Miss Brodie's story, as reflected by the members of "the Brodie set," the girls she took under her wing when they were young, impressionable, and clueless and she was in her prime.