Las Animas - Bent County Library District

"This funny, honest picture book by Annika Dunklee perfectly captures the rhythms of youngsters' friendships and emotions, while also reminding them that there's always room for new people in their lives"--Publisher.

"Princess Truly's rhyming adventures are a celebration of individuality, girl power, diversity, and dreaming big"--

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...

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.

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.

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.