Catalog Search Results
1) Dear girl
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up.
2) Parachutes
Author
Formats
Description
A wealthy Chinese teen is sent to America on her own to attend private school. Claire is a rich 11th grader in Shanghai; Dani is a scholarship student at a private school in Southern California who helps her mother clean houses. When Claire is parachuted into America to finish high school and Dani's mother needs the income from a boarder, they become unlikely housemates.
Author
Series
Gaither sisters volume 2
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Brooklyn girl Delphine feels overwhelmed with worries and responsibilities. She's just started sixth grade and is self-conscious about being the tallest girl in class, and nervous about her first school dance. She's supposed to be watching her sisters, but Fern and Vonetta are hard to control. Her uncle Darnell is home from Vietnam and seems different. And her Pa has a girlfriend. At least Delphine can write to mother in Oakland, California...
5) Me, Too!
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Annie and Lillemor are best friends for many reasons: they are both seven, love the colors pink and purple, and can speak two languages. (Annie is sure Oinky Boinky counts.) But when a new girl who seems to have even more in common with Lillemor arrives, Annie feels left out. Will she lose her best friend? Or is there room in their friendship for one more? A funny, note-perfect tale of friendship that's sure to strike a chord with grade-schoolers....
Author
Series
Mimi (Shauna J. Grant) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
Meet Mimi. She's charming! She's cheerful! She's cute! But that's not all! She's also a loyal friend and fun playmate, who has the best adventures with Penelope, her magical toy dog. But when Mimi notices people treating her like she's too cute, can she show them that she's much more than meets the eye? Or will she be stuck in this cute-astrophe?
8) Gimme a call
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
After accidentally dropping her cell phone into a fountain at the mall, fourteen-year-old Devi Banks starts to get phone calls--and an earful of advice on how to live her life to avoid making disastrous choices--from her seventeen-year-old self.
10) Royalty
Author
Series
Beverly Hills Prep volume 6
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Ophelia has been expelled from boarding schools and prep schools all over the world, and her wealthy grandmother had to pull some major strings to get her accepted to Beverly Hills Prep. She tries to keep her head down and focus on her art, but it's not always easy. Ophelia hopes she can stick to the straight and narrow at Beverly Hills Prep, but her rebelliousness might land her in major trouble--for the last time.
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Do you know a girl who is lively, curious and confident? If you are holding this book, you do. She may already know it, or maybe she is just starting to discover it, but that girl is filled with positive potential!
�Conoce usted a una chica vibrante, curiosa y llena de confianza? Si tiene este libro, conoces a una chica as�. �Tal vez ella ya lo sabe, o tal vez est� empezando a descubrirlo, pero esa chica est� llena de potencia positiva!...
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Twelve YA authors "tell the stories of girls of all colors and creeds standing up for themselves and their beliefs--whether that means secretly learning Hebrew in early Savannah, using the family magic to pass as white in 1920s Hollywood, or singing in a feminist punk band in 1980s Boston. And they're asking you to join them"--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Spunky eleven-year-old Wadjda lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with her parents. She desperately wants a bicycle so that she can race her friend Abdullah, even though it is considered improper for girls to ride bikes. Wadjda earns money for her dream bike by selling homemade bracelets and mixtapes of banned music to her classmates. But after she's caught, she's forced to turn over a new leaf (sort of), or risk expulsion from school. Still, Wadjda keeps...
.png)