Roy Rogers with Dale Evans. Vol. 15

Growing up is never easy, but the heroines in this inspiring collection of twenty-one stories and poems tackle it with imagination and chutzpah. At her new school, Joanie Frankenhauser pretends to be a boy so she can play basketball, but is being one of the guys all it's cracked up to be? Katie and her mother come to the New World as indentured servants with big dreams, yet Katie wonders how they will ever earn their freedom. A magic bottle of makeup turns Marnie popular overnight, but will she lose her best friend in the process? And when Emily Canarsie makes up her mind to win the summer reading contest, not even a naked man will stop her. By turns funny, poignant, and surprising, this diverse anthology celebrates the energy, enthusiasm, inventiveness, and strength of young women. Readers will strongly identify with the protagonists in these stories and poems as they deal with and triumph over changes in their lives. This is a collection for girls everywhere who are on their way!