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| Books | Meet Kit: An American Girl 1934 | |
| Kit meets economic adversity with courage, spunk. | ||
| By Valerie Tripp |
| Books | Meet Julie: An American Girl | |
| Plucky '70s American Girl fights for her rights. | ||
| By Megan McDonald |
| Movies | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | |
| Sweet and engaging adventure for all ages. | ||
| On DVD, release date: 10.27.2008 |
| Movies | For Colored Girls | |
| Tyler Perry melodrama deals with intense, disturbing themes. | ||
| On DVD, release date: 02.08.2011 |
| Websites | BeaconStreetGirls | |
| Safe, fairly fun book-based site pushes brand. | ||
| URL: http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com/ |
| Websites | DiscoveryGirls | |
| Safe online community for tween girls. | ||
| URL: http://www.discoverygirls.com |
| Article | How to Raise a Reader | |
| Books | Lucky for Good | |
| Third book in offbeat series explores the meaning of family. | ||
| By Susan Patron |
| Books | Impulse: Tony Hawk's 900 Revolution, Vol. 2 | |
| Action-packed skate adventure good for reluctant readers. | ||
| By M. Zachary Sherman |
| Books | The House on Mango Street | |
| A poetic -- and classic -- coming-of-age story. | ||
| By Sandra Cisneros |
| Books | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | |
| Controversial coming-of-age classic with sex, drugs, abuse. | ||
| By Stephen Chbosky |
| Books | Guardian | |
| Powerful book about lynching, rape; older teens only. | ||
| By Julius Lester |
| Games | Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 | |
| More Glee goodness for fans of the TV show. | ||
| Platforms: Nintendo Wii |
| Movies | The Help | |
| Poignant, thought-provoking Civil Rights tale. | ||
| On DVD, release date: 12.06.2011 |
| Educators | Group Think (4-5) | |
| Books | Before We Were Free | |
| Moving historical fiction about life under a dictatorship. | ||
| By Julia Alvarez |
| Books | November Blues | |
| Gritty, honest look at teen pregnancy. Teens and up. | ||
| By Sharon M. Draper |
| Books | Life as We Knew It | |
| Gripping, terrifying disaster tale will inspire discussions. | ||
| By Susan Beth Pfeffer |
| Movies | Escape from L.A. | |
| Violent, semi-spoofy action sequel is too dark for kids. | ||
| On DVD, release date: 12.15.1998 |
| Movies | Catfish | |
| Online life docu reels viewers in with suspense, humanity. | ||
| On DVD, release date: 01.04.2011 |
| Books | Chew on This | |
| Fast Food Nation for kids is quite meaty. | ||
| By Charles Wilson, Eric Schlosser |
| Article | Too Sexy, Too Soon | |
| In our sexed-up society, can a pro-girl movement help your daughter resist the call to be too sexy, too soon? |
| Books | Bog Child | |
| Lyrical but realistic; teens may need Irish history lesson. | ||
| By Siobhan Dowd |
| Books | Song of Solomon | |
| Brilliant but mature classic explores racism, gender, power. | ||
| By Toni Morrison |
| Movies | A Little Princess | |
| Wonderful movie of a lonely girl's triumph. | ||
| On DVD, release date: 09.15.1998 |