young women

"For more than a decade, Katherine Zoepf has lived in or traveled throughout the Arab world, reporting on the lives of women, whose role in the region has never been more in flux. Only a generation ago, female adolescence as we know it in the West did not exist in the Middle East. There were only children and married women. Today, young Arab women outnumber men in universities, and a few are beginning to face down religious and social tradition in order to live independently, to delay marriage, and to pursue professional goals. Hundreds of thousands of devout girls and women are attending Qur'anic schools--and using the training to argue for greater rights and freedoms from an Islamic perspective"--Provided by publisher.

Lei is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to slay the Demon King. In order to gain the support of the rebel clans in their attempt to overthrow the monarchy, Lei and Wren must make a treacherous journey that's further complicated by the large bounty on Lei's head. Meanwhile, a plot to bring down the rebel uprising is taking shape, fueled by dark magic and a quest for revenge.

Captured in the Demon King's Hidden Palace, Lei is determined to bring him down from the inside. Meanwhile, Wren is desperate to rescue Lei, but is caught up in the bloody battle against the monarchy, seeing the horrors of war firsthand and questioning whether her sacrifice will be worth it.

Lily Armitage is summoned to her family's grand manor for Christmas by her estranged aunt who wants her to take part in a family tradition to play the Christmas game, promising that whoever wins will secure the deed to the home. As Lily gathers with her cousins to play the game, she realizes that each of them have their own agenda and they're not about to play fair. But Lily isn't interested in the home, she wants to learn who killed her mother there twenty-one years ago. When a snowstorm strands them however, she realizes someone is hiding a secret and the game takes a deadly turn.

Describes Malala Yousafzai's fight for education for girls under Taliban rule, the support she received from her parents to pursue an education, and how the Taliban retaliated against her by trying to kill her.

The story of a young woman who, despite bad luck and poor decisions, never loses sight of her dreams. Set in Wallingford, Connecticut beginning in the 1960s.

Explores the literary work of Malala Yousafzai, including the setting, time period, conflict, and impact of the memoir.

Vasilisa Petrovna is determined to forge her own path in a world that would rather lock her away. Her gifts and her courage have drawn the attention of Morozko, the winter-king, but it is too soon to know if this connection will prove a blessing or a curse. Now Moscow has been struck by disaster. Its people are searching for answers -- and for someone to blame. Vasya finds herself alone, beset on all sides. The Grand Prince is in a rage, choosing allies that will lead him on a path to war and ruin. A wicked demon returns, stronger than ever and determined to spread chaos. Caught at the center of the conflict is Vasya, who finds the fate of two worlds resting on her shoulders. Her destiny uncertain, Vasya will uncover surprising truths about herself and her history as she desperately tries to save Russia, Morozko, and the magical world she treasures. But she may not be able to save them all"--from regular print edition.

An adaptation of the Jane Austen novel in which a spirited young woman in early nineteenth-century England must cope with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman, as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.

The harshly treated orphan girl, Jane Eyre, becomes a governess in an mysterious Yorkshire mansion and falls in love with the master of the house.