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After her father is arrested by the Taliban, Parvana, an eleven-year-old Afghan girl, disguises herself as a boy so that she can work and support her family.

Elisabet and Jessica Wakefield and the girls in their sixth grade class come up with a plan to teach their new teacher and the boys in their class a lesson.

Danielle Fishel gives advice to girls based on her own experiences.

Seventeen-year-old Mattie leaves her sister Ivy in Last Chance, California, and disguises herself as a boy in order to get a job with the Pony Express, finding adventure, facing danger, and falling in love.

Eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, and must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.

An unexpected death brings Shabanu's daughter, Mumtaz, and nephew, Jameel, both aged fifteen, to the forefront of an attempt to modernize Pakistan, but the teens must both sacrifice their own dreams if they are to meet family and tribal expectations.

Maggie worries that there is no boy in her high school who won't be put off by her athletic ability or her interest in cars.

To earn her wings, the Little Angel of Fairness tries to help Jessica get her brother Hank to allow her to be in the town parade with him, even though she is a girl.

Jack and Annie go to ancient Greece, witness the original Olympic games and are surprised at what girls of the time were not allowed to do.

Princess Minerva, longing to play hockey like her brothers but hindered by her parents' ideas about how boys and girls should act, quietly gathers what she needs then makes a surprise appearance on the royal team.