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[2017]., Adolescent, HarperCollins Call No: REALISTIC F MES Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Taking a hard look at the societal conventions that constrain teenage girls, Carrie Mesrobian tells one girl's story with bracing honesty and refreshing authenticity.
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[2020]., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F TEM Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother--a woman as grounded as her father is mercurial--Olivia runs away from home and retraces his path to a place known as the Levitation Center. Once there, she enrolls in their summer program for troubled teens, which Olivia refers to as 'Buddhist Boot Camp for Bad Girls.' Soon, she finds herself drawn into the company of a close-knit trio of girls determined to transcend their circumstances, by any means necessary. Led by the elusive and beautiful Serena, and her aloof, secretive acolytes, Janet and Laurel, the girls decide this is the summer they will finally achieve enlightenment--and learn to levitate, to defy the weight of their bodies, to experience ultimate lightness. But as desire and danger intertwine, and Olivia comes ever closer to discovering what a body--and a girl--is capable of, it becomes increasingly clear that this is an advanced and perilous practice, and there's a chance not all of them will survive. Set over the course of one fateful summer that unfolds like a fever dream, The Lightness juxtaposes fairy tales with quantum physics, cognitive science with religious fervor, and the passions and obsessions of youth with all of these, to explore concepts as complex as faith and as simple as loving people--even though you don't, and can't, know them at all"--From the publisher's web site.
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2017., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: REALISTIC F REE Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After Grace learns of a girl who was run out of town for accusing the popular guys at school of gang rape, she convinces her friends Rosina and Erin to help her form an anonymous group of girls, called The Nowhere Girls, to resist the sexist culture at Prescott High. As their group grows in number their movement becomes about more than sex, and transforms the lives of its members, their school, and the entire community.
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2007., Orca Book Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F RYA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Orca soundingsSummary Note: Kevin steps in when Nick's pranks go to far and stops Nick from assaulting a girl at their school, but he soon learns that doing what is right is not always the easy choice.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: REALISTIC F PRE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Mary O'Malley is tired of keeping secrets. Secrets like her older brother, Jonny's drug use. Starting seventh grade is tough enough without the upheaval her brother is bringing to their family. It seems the only person who might understand is Griffen Connolly, whose older sister runs with Jonny in the wrong crowd. Mary thought Griff was too cool, too popular for her. But now he wants to hang out with her, and listen. When two girls Mary thought were her friends decide to slam another girl online, Mary tries to look the other way. Then the girls turn on Mary, and suddenly, she doesn't have a safety zone. Her brother is out of control, her family's energies are all spent on him. There is only one person she can turn to. But can she trust Griff? Or is he one of the bullies?"--From the publisher's web site.
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2021., Juvenile, Feiwel and Friends Call No: FIC PRELLER Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mary O'Malley's only brother, Jonny is losing his battle to drugs and addiction and her mother is absent and distracted. When two girls Mary thought were her friends decide to slam another girl online, Mary tries to look the other way. Then the girls turn on Mary, and suddenly, she doesn't have a safety zone. There is only one person she can turn to, popular Griffin Connelly. But can she trust Griff? Or is he one of the bullies?
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2019., Adolescent, Bloomsbury YA Call No: REALISTIC F WAT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jasmine and Chelsea are best friends on a mission--they're sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post their work online--poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine's response to the racial microaggressions she experiences--and soon they go viral. But with such positive support, the club is also targeted by trolls. When things escalate in real life, the principal shuts the club down. Not willing to be silenced, Jasmine and Chelsea will risk everything for their voices--and those of other young women--to be heard. These two dynamic, creative young women stand up and speak out in a novel that features their compelling art and poetry along with powerful personal journeys that will inspire readers and budding poets, feminists, and activists.
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2020., Adolescent, Bloomsbury YA Call No: FIC WATSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jasmine and Chelsea are best friends who are sick over the way their school fails to listen to their voices so they start a new club, one dedicated to writing and creating work that supports women's ideas. But when their work goes viral, fans and foes come out online and in real life, and the school administration threatens to shut them down for "instigating." They will risk everything for their voices--and those of other young women--to be heard.
