Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
247 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Alejandra, 17, Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Amiya, 14, London, United Kingdom -- Anna, 14, Sydney, Australia -- Ayaulym, 19, Almaty, Kazakhstan -- Chanleakna, 16, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Melbourne, Australia -- Chen Xi, 16, Singapore -- Claudie, 13, Pango Village, Vanuatu -- Desireé, 15, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Diza, 14, Mumbai, India -- Emilly, 18, São Paolo, Brazil -- Emma, 16, a small village by the sea, Ireland -- Favour, 13, Minna, Nigeria -- Halima, 17, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan -- Jocelyne, 19, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Luciana, 16, Guatemala City, Guatemala -- Mandisa, 18, Durban, South Africa -- Marta, 14, Milan, Italy -- Merisena, 13, Cité Soleil, Haiti -- Miriam, 16, Sundsvall, Sweden -- Naya, 16, Berlin, Germany, and Damascus, Syria -- Raksa, 19, Phnom Penh, Cambodia -- Ruksar, 17, Lucknow, India -- Ruoxiao, 18, Kunming, Yunnan, China, and the United Kingdom -- Ruqaya, 16, Baghdad, Iraq -- Sattigul, 16, Ulaankhus, Mongolia -- Shanai, 18, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States of America -- Sofia, 18, Panama City, Panama -- Sophie, 17, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America -- Varvara, 18, Sarnsk, Russia -- Viona, 15, Kieni, Kenya. |
Summary |
"Journalist Masuma Ahuja introduces us to 31 teenage girls from 29 countries. Through diary entries and photographs, they share their own stories of growing up and show what ordinary girlhood is like all over the world"-- Provided by publisher. |
Audience |
Ages ages 12 and up Algonquin Young Readers |
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Grades 7-9 Algonquin Young Readers |
Subject(S) |
Teenage girls -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Girls -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies.
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ISBN |
9781643750118 (paperback) |
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1643750119 (paperback) |
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