Edited by Tonya Bolden
| From the Book Back |
This isn’t a guidebook that’s going to tell you how to live. Instead, it’s a celebration of ways to enjoy life when you’re up, and comforting words to help you get through bad times when you’re down.
There are comic strips to make you laugh, conversations to make you think, short stories to help you escape, and a whole lot more. . . . It’s about being smart doing your own thing, having fun, and standing proud.
Contributors include:
Lynda Barry
Barbara Brandon
Sandra Cisneros
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Johnnetta B. Cole
Ann Decker
Rebecca Goldstein
Alice Hoffman
Lauren Hutton
Joyce Ladner
Natalie Merchant
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Faith Ringgold
Deborah Tannen
Vera Wang
Wendy Wasserstein
Sigourney Weaver
»» An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
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“Adolescent girls (and many adult women) will find healthy doses of wisdom, humor, cheerleading and inspiration in these 33 works. . . . This panorama of perspectives—dressed up with a mix of hip graphics and photos—will leave readers determined to face their fears and foes with courage, intelligence and compassion.”
—Publishers Weekly
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Age 10-up | 159 pages
Paperback | Crown | 1998 | ISBN: 0517709368