McCullough, Joy

Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her passion and drive.

After learning about the millions of birds dying for their feathers, Harriet starts the Massachusetts Audubon Society, dedicated to the conservation and protection of birds. Includes instructions on birdwatching and how to make pretend binoculars.

In the room beneath a theater stage, the ghosts of Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and other teenage girls who died tragically in Shakespeare's plays, share their experiences and trauma and get the chance to retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.

With her mom's job and theater on the line, Zadie is determined to help make their show Spinderella the hit of the season--that is unless she accidentally turns it into a disaster.

"A reimagining of Little Women set in the spring of 1942, when the United States is suddenly embroiled in the Second World War, this story, told from each March sister's point of view, is one of grief, love, and self-discovery"--Provided by publisher.

"A novel in prose and verse that follows the experiences of a teen who finds courage in the story of a fifteenth-century avenger when her sister's rapist is set free without prison time"--Adapted from publisher description.

Told from two viewpoints, STEM-oriented Sutton and imaginative, artistic Luis, ages nine and ten, must find some common ground when her father and his mother start dating seriously.

Moving to a Scottish castle allows seventh-grader Callie to escape friendship problems in San Diego, but finding new friends, even in the birding club an old journal inspires her to join, proves challenging.

When Em Morales's older sister was raped, her world was turned upside down. Her family thought her sister was going to get real justice when the jury found the rapist guilty, but the judges sentences the rapist to no prison time, shattering any sense of hope. Em is sick with rage and guilt, but she finds a way to heal through writing poems about a fifteenth-century French noblewoman, Marguerite de Bressieux, who was legendary as an avenging knight for rape victims.

"Champ and Major's dad, Joe Biden, just got a really important job: He's going to be the new president of the United States! Champ is excited to go back to the White House--he got to visit it when his dad was the vice president, before the family adopted Major, and he knows about all the important work that happens there. Major is going to be one of the first rescue dogs to live in the White House, and Champ can't wait to show his little brother around. Soon, Champ and Major will be in their new home, and they're going to bring a lot of fun with them!"--Amazon.