For some reason, I keep coming back to d'Aulaire's Greek Mythology (http://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306162600&sr=8-1-fkmr0) (well, or the Colonial version- Kobolic Myths?). It goes along with her love of poetry and her quiet religiousity, and also speaks to an escapism I think a younger Kara might have needed to embrace.
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