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Book cover for "How to be a girl in the world".
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English
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Twelve-year-old Lydia, feeling threatened by the attention her changing body is getting from boys and men, finds a way to take control of her own skin.
Book cover for "Temple Grandin".
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Pub. Date:
2012
Lexile measure:
960L
Language:
English
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When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. While Temple's doctor and father both recommended an institution, her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her world-changing career revolutionized the livestock industry. As an advocate for autism, Temple uses her experience...
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Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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In this New York Times bestselling memoir, Malala Yousafzai—the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize—inspires young readers with her stunning story of resilience and power.
I Am Malala. This is my story.
Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't...
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Publisher:
Clarion Books
Pub. Date:
2018
Lexile measure:
870L
Language:
English
Book cover for "The enigma girls".
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Pub. Date:
2024
Lexile measure:
870L
Language:
English
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""You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time....That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke - these young people had no idea what kind...
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Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
2014
Lexile measure:
830L
Language:
English
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"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
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Publisher:
HarperCollins
Language:
English
Description:
Now with a new afterword, The Girls of Summer, by the award- winning New York Times sportswriter Jere Longman, takes a serious, compelling look at the women who won the 1999 World Cup and brings to life the skills and victories of the American team. Longman explores the issues this unprecedented achievement has raised: the importance of the players as role models; the significance of race and class; the sexualization of the team members; and the differences...
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Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
2015
Lexile measure:
830L
Language:
English
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I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
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Publisher:
Trilogy Christian Publishing
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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Applying the gifts and lessons in Lela's World gives us the ultimate key to creating a whole and happy life by achieving personal success through self-development and serving others. Do you think the limit on your potential was set at birth? Think again! Your life matters, and you can make your mark on the world just like Lela. Being born an orphan is a big deal. A big deal to overcome. So many Was I ever loved? Am I loveable? Can I live a life of...
Book cover for "Radiant Influence: How an Ordinary Girl Changed the World - a Study of Esther".
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CrossRiver Media Group
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Esther was an ordinary girl, in extraordinary just like you! If you feel like your life is boring, not very important, and God would never use you, you have a lot in common with a girl from the Bible named Esther. That's her story. A girl just like you and me who knew what it was like to be alone, afraid, and stuck. A girl who didn't think she could make a difference, but ended up becoming Queen Esther. That is where this Bible study comes in. Queen...
Book cover for "How to build a girl".
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Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
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"It’s 1990. Johanna Morrigan, fourteen, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that there’s no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde—fast-talking, hard-drinking Gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer. She will save her poverty-stricken Bohemian family by becoming a writer—like Jo in Little Women, or the Bröntes—but without the dying young bit. By sixteen, she’s smoking cigarettes,...
Book cover for "The good girl syndrome".
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Publisher:
Macmillan
Pub. Date:
[1985]
Language:
English
Book cover for "Alpha girls".
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Publisher:
Rodale
Pub. Date:
2006
Language:
English
Book cover for "Girls With Goals".
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Publisher:
Holler
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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Girls with Goals tells the story of the incredible rise of women's soccer from it's humble origins in 19th century Britain to the bans, challenges, laws and astonishing victories that have propelled it to being the global phenomenon it is today.
Book cover for "Girl world".
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Publisher:
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date:
[2015]
Lexile measure:
920L
Language:
English
Book cover for "A smart girl's guide".
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Publisher:
American Girl
Pub. Date:
©2017
Lexile measure:
990L
Language:
English
Book cover for "How to pack for the end of the world".
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English
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"The Breakfast Club meets We Are the Ants in this timely story for a generation of young activists. If you knew the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do? This is the question that haunts Amina as she watches new and horrible stories of discord and crisis flash across the news every day. But when she starts at prestigious Gardner Academy, Amina finds a group of like-minded peers to join forces with-fast friends who dedicate their year...
Book cover for "Fashion is freedom".
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Sourcebooks
Pub. Date:
[2016]
Language:
English
Book cover for "Odd Girl Out : How to Help Your Daughter Navigate the World of Friendships, Bullying and Cliques - In the Classroom and Online".
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Publisher:
Gardners Books
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Book cover for "Silver Is the Moon".
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Publisher:
JJD Books
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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Silver is the Moon is a true story about a girl born blind on the island of Corsica in 1923. Josée grows up surrounded by a loving family on a farm not far from the sea. She feels like all the other kids in the village until they go to school, and she can't join them. To compensate, Josée's family reads to her every day to show her the world until she learns to read Braille on her own. Josée is inspired by all the characters she meets, and one...