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Harriet Price, a prefect at elite Rosemead Grammar, risks her perfect life by joining forces with bad-girl Will Everheart in a hoax to expose the school’s many problems. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, a sixteen-year-old girl starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on Hoopla.
A novel about a girl who is preyed upon by a manipulative teacher and finds the power to fight back. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.
When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz’s father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister’s killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie’s disappearance. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on Hoopla.
When a teen is ousted from her mock trial team by fellow male members, she and her friends decide to take a stand. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Frustrated by the way women are treated even at their progressive New York City high school two best friends start a Women’s Rights Club, post their essays and poems online, and watch it go viral, attracting positive support as well as trolls. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.