girls

Follows the struggles of Rory Hendrix as she searches for a way out of her life of poverty at the Calle, a run-down Reno trailer park where she lives with her mother Jo, a hard-luck bartender at the Truck Stop.

The author, a survivor of the commercial sex industry, shares her personal story, and discusses her efforts to help other girls who are victims of sexual exploitation through her nonprofit organization GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services.

An eleven-year-old African-American girl in Ohio, in the early 1940s, prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be beautiful.

Nine stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life.

As their island home and alligator-wrestling theme park is threatened by a sophisticated competitor, twelve-year-old Ava struggles to cope with her mother's death while her sister, brother, and father all try to deal with their grief in their own unusual ways.

Examines the issue of online safety, specifically for girls, looking at risks associated with online predators, online bullying, data security, and Internet scams.

Examines the different ways girls can be cruel to one another and provides advice on dealing with abuse from another girl.

Frankie Addams, a motherless twelve-year-old raised by her father and the family's African-American cook, struggles with conflicting feelings about her brother's upcoming wedding.

A collection of twelve short fiction stories featuring unconventional girls and women, written by Mark Twain.

Presents twelve short stories about teenage girls struggling with issues of self-worth.