Strong Girls

Read about girls who find the strength to deal with tough situations
 

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1. Kira-kira

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Author:
Kadohata, Cynthia
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Description:
Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.

2. Brown girl dreaming

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Author:
Woodson, Jacqueline
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Description:
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement.