Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mar 8, 2017

Cassie Logan is the narrator and protagonist of Mildred Taylor’s 1976 novel, Roll of Thunder, Here My Cry. Taylor creates a story that highlights racism, segregation and childhood in rural Mississippi in 1933, through the eyes of a nine-year-old African American...

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Mar 4, 2017

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960s children’s book by Scott O’Dell, and it tells the story of a young girl who gets stranded for years on an island off the Californian coast. Juana Maria was a Native American who was left for 18 years on San Nicolas...

The Adventures of Her Serene Limpness, the Moon-faced Princess, Dulcet and Debonaire

Mar 1, 2017

The Adventures of Her Serene Limpness, the Moon-faced Princess, Dulcet and Debonaire was written in 1888 by English author Frederica St. John Orlebar. The book tells the story of a young princess of Japan, the daughter of a Japanese prince and a shipwrecked...

Carly and Nan

Aug 14, 2000

Carly Keene: Literary Detective is a new character in the young adult literature world. She is a terrific role model for young girls as a twelve year old who loves adventure, reading, and trusts her own mind and intuition in a refreshing way.

Malala

Aug 14, 2000

Malala is familiar in her head scarf and her big brown eyes draw us in to remind viewers of what she has seen and been through.

Hit Girl

Aug 14, 2000

Hit-Girl, as a spin-off of Kick-Ass, aims to draw in the same audience, but by having a female main character, it has the potential to attract additional female readers as well.