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In the era of globalisation, integration within the European Union and blending of cultures, universal (international) themes in schools’ humanities curricula are accompanied by topics that take into account the specifi c nature of psychological and social identities. Such books undoubtedly include Tomek Tryzna’s Panna Nikt [Miss Nobody]. In addition to universal problems which adolescent girls have to deal with – self-discovery and search for one’s own identity – what makes the book interesting and noteworthy is also the fact that it tackles the sociological context in Poland and explores the still existing – even after the country’s accession to the united Europe – social and cultural differences between rural and urban areas. The protagonist of the novel– the teenager Marysia – is one of the many types of adolescent girls in literature and as such is an excellent subject of school discussions about growing up.