african american teenage girls

Thirteen-year-old Jan Campbell has always had a strong sense of religion, but when a traumatic experience causes Jan to question many things in life, her faith in God begins to waiver.

Twins Anginette and Aquanette and their three friends Chanel, Galleria, and Dorinda--a young singing group called the Cheetah Girls--move a step closer to a recording contract when they finally record a demo with producer Mouse Almighty.

Dorinda, one of the Cheetah Girls singing group, struggles with her feelings about living in a foster home and the discovery that she and her newly-discovered sister Tiffany share a talent for music.

Dorinda, Galleria, Anginette, and Aquanette become concerned when it looks like Chanel's interest in ballet is going to cause her to leave their singing group, the Cheetah Girls.

Chanel goes on a shopping spree before she and the other Cheetah Girls strike it rich.

While the Cheetah Girls wait for news about their record deal, Galleria starts an innovation in making dog collars.

Dorinda must decide whether or not to leave the Cheetah Girls.

Includes the first four Cheetah Girls novels, telling how the five girls met and decided to form a singing group, and following them as their friendship survives a series of ups and downs, and they try to win a record deal.

Presents an account of fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, an African-American girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, nine months before Rosa Parks, and covers her role in a crucial civil rights case.