Search Results: Returned 7 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 7
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2009, c2010., ABDO Pub. Company Call No: 613.9 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Essential health : strong, beautiful girlsSummary Note: Shares the true-to-life stories of teen and preteen girls who are struggling with issues involving relationships and sexuality, each with comments and advice from Dr. Robyn Silverman.
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[2018]., Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: 305.42 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Girls growing up in America face sexist school dress code policies, pressure to meet impossible beauty standards, and gender-based violence. This title looks at the differences between the girl and boy experiences of growing up and the steps people can take to address sexist practices.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing Call No: HI-INT 305.2 HAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Being Female in AmericaSummary Note: Girls growing up in America face sexist school dress code policies, pressure to meet impossible beauty standards, and gender-based violence. This title looks at the differences between the girl and boy experiences of growing up and the steps people can take to address sexist practices.
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[2015], University of California Press Call No: Sex & STD's Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sociologists Mary Patrice Erdmans and Timothy Black tell the life stories of 108 brown, white, and black teen mothers. They expose the problems that cause distress in these young women's lives and that are often overlooked in pregnancy prevention campaigns... Offering a critical perspective on the links between early childbirth and social inequalities, 'On Becoming a Teen Mom' demonstrates how the intersecting hierarchies of gender, race, and social class shape the personal stories of young mothers"--Provided by publisher.
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2000., Perennial Call No: 305.42 Tan Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This is an oral history of girls who do not fit in - victims of rape, early developers, outsiders, targets of revenge and their struggle to overcome the the labels of sexual stereotyping.
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c2011., Other Press Call No: Historical fiction FIC WATSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Blessing, seeing her family falling apart after her mother decides to leave her cheating father and move in with her family in a town without running water or electricity, finds comfort in the care of her grandmother who teaches her the ways of the midwife in rural Nigeria, but is faced with the realities of the world when she is exposed to genital mutilation and the environmental damage caused by British and American oil companies.
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-- Migrant girl's cross-border journey[2021]., Adolescent, Arsenal Pulp Press Call No: MEMOIR NF GRI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A . . . bilingual YA . . . memoir about a teenage girl's . . . experience crossing the Mexico-US border. This . . . young adult . . . [illustrated] memoir tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who crosses the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their . . . journey is filled with both heartbreak and hope. Will America be the country of dreams like they imagined? Or will adjusting to their new life in California be another type of struggle for Gricelda and her family? With . . . illustrations inspired by the graffiti and stencil art prevalent during the 2006 political uprising in Oaxaca, as well as local textiles and embroidery"--Provided by publisher.
