Girls

Spanning over five hundred years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life.In 1492, during the Spanish Inquisition, Benvenida and her family are banished from Spain for being Jewish. They journey by foot and by sea, eventually settling in Istanbul. Over four centuries later, in 1923, shortly after the Turkish war of independence, Reina’s father disowns her for a small act of disobedience. He ships her away to live with an aunt in Cuba. In 1961, Reina’s daughter, Alegra, is proud to be a brigadista, teaching literacy in the countryside. But soon Fidel Castro’s crackdowns force her to flee to Miami, leaving her parents behind. In 2003, Alegra’s daughter, Paloma, is fascinated by all the journeys that had to happen before she could be born. A keeper of memories, she’s thrilled to learn more about her heritage on a trip to Spain, where she m

The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce's award-winning Song of the Lioness quartet, adapted into a gorgeous, full-color graphic novel In Song of the Lioness, Book 1: Alanna, the first of four volumes adapting #1 New York Times bestseller Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet, we meet Alanna of Trebond, a young noblewoman from the kingdom of Tortall. Alanna isn't like other girls from noble families--what she really wants is to become a knight and earn her shield, something women definitely aren't allowed to do. But Alanna will not be deterred, and she arrives in the capital disguised as a boy to begin training as a page, the first step toward becoming a knight. Despite the tough conditions and grueling work, Alanna's skills and stubbornness win her friends amongst the nobility and the denizens of the lower city. But not everyone wishes her well . . . Filled with magic and mayhem, adventure and action, swords and spells, book one in the Song of the Li

★以1506年朝鮮王朝為背景，融合歷史與奇幻，展現濃厚東亞文化風情。★政治陰謀與家族糾葛交織，刻畫複雜且真實的人物關係。★描繪壓迫下的人性掙扎與希望，富含成長與勇氣主題。★適合喜愛青少年歷史奇幻、政治陰謀與浪漫元素的讀者。《A Crane Among Wolves》帶你回到1506年朝鮮王朝，跟著勇敢的少女伊雪展開冒險。當姐姐被暴君擄走，伊雪決心冒著生命危險前往首都救她。途中，她與王子大賢攜手對抗殘暴的國王，故事充滿政治陰謀、家族糾葛與一段慢慢萌芽的愛情。書中融合歷史背景與奇幻元素，描繪勇氣、忠誠和拼搏，是喜歡歷史冒險和青少年成長故事的讀者首選。AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that will feel all-too-relevant in today's world, based on a true story from Korean history.Hope is dangerous. Love is deadly.1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant King Yeonsan, powerless to stop him from commandeering their land for his recreational use, banning and burning books, and kidnapping and horrifically abusing women and girls as his personal playthings.Seventeen-year-old Iseul has lived a sheltered, privileged life despite the kingdom's turmoil. When her older sister, Suyeon, becomes the king's latest prey, Iseul leaves the relative safety of her

Award-winning author Justina Chen delivers her middle grade debut in this moving story about Dessie Mei, who moves to Seattle and meets a girl who looks exactly like her. The girls learn they were adopted from the same orphanage in Hunan—only Dessie was adopted into a white family and her twin was adopted into a Taiwanese American one. Perfect for fans of Janae Marks and Kelly Yang—now available in paperback!What do you say to your long-lost twin?Dessie Mei Breedlove doesn’t know what to say when she first sees Donna Lee. After all, the two girls look so similar. As in: the exact same glossy black hair, the exact same brown eyes, the exact same cheeky smile.When her family moves to Seattle for her ailing grandmother, Dessie has to join a new sixth-grade class at a new school in the middle of the year. There she meets Donna. A secret DNA test reveals the shocking truth: they’re identical twins. Not only were the girls adopted from the same orphanage in China, but they were separated int

兩位來自當代倫敦的女孩，伊薇與瑪麗安。她們一開始互不熟悉，卻因為一份神秘的家族資料夾，發現彼此的祖母曾在百年前的印度，有著深厚的情誼。跨越時間與距離，兩段友情悄悄連結在一起。本書以孩子的眼光，細膩刻畫身份、家族與友誼的探索，是一段從過去延續到現在，關於理解與連結的溫暖旅程。The evocative and moving story of two very different girls in contemporary London who discover a family connection stretching back over 100 years before in the faraway country of India, at a tumultous time in its history; friendships spanning the centuries. A wonderful middle-grade story of two sets of friends, with 100 years distance from each other and on different sides of the world, yet with an unimaginable connection.Evie and Maryam are in the same class at school, uneasily thrown together at the start of a new term as they start a project together looking into their family trees. The two girls don't think they have much in common - Maryam feels like an outsider school with the other girls whose parents all seem to know each other, and Evie thinks Maryam is a bit odd. But when the two girls each find the same mysterious folder containing document

狗狗散步社PAWS越來越忙，三位好朋友的感情也更加緊密。正當大家以為一切都很完美時，敏蒂卻因媽媽開始約會而感到不安。新同學海瑟想加入PAWS，更讓她備感威脅。面對變化與嫉妒，敏蒂能否學會放下防備，迎接友情的新可能？Book two in an adorable graphic novel series about best friends, cute dogs, and all the fun (and trouble) that comes with them. This funny and heartwarming series is the Baby-Sitters Club for pets!An adorable graphic novel series about best friends, cute dogs, and all the fun (and trouble) that comes with them. This funny and heartwarming series is The Baby-Sitters Club for pets - and perfect for 8+ fans of Rollergirl and Lottie Brooks.Best friends Mindy, Gabby, and Priya are back in business! After a few ups and downs, their dog-walking business is booming and the girls are closer than ever. It’s a dream come true!But for Mindy, things at home are beginning to feel like a bit of a nightmare. Her mom just started dating someone, which has Mindy feeling like the odd one out.Things only get worse when a new student named Hazel arrives in class and wants to join PAWS. Sharing her mom

A brilliantly funny celebration of learning how to do things by yourself for the first time, whether it's getting dressed, or learning to write, or sitting still.and no, we don't need any help, thank you very much!The perfect picture book for any little one who wants to do everything ALL BY THEMSELVES!A brilliantly funny celebration of learning how to do things by yourself for the first time, whether it's getting dressed, or learning to write, or sitting still...and no, we don't need any help, thank you very much!I can do it by myselfI can show you howI know I'll do it properlyI WANT to do it NOW!For all those children who KNOW they can do it all by themselves... and the adults who try to help them!Caryl Hart is the author of over fifty picture books for children, including the Whiffy Wilson and Meet the Weather series as well as Girls Can Do Anything!Zoe Waring is the illustrator of I am Brave! and Super Daisy

In this dazzling debut, Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat in working-class Bedok, Genevieve is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. As the two girls grow closer, they must navigate the intensity of life in a place where the urgent insistence on achievement demands constant sacrifice. Knowing that failure is not an option, the sisters learn to depend entirely on one another as they spurn outside friendships, leisure, and any semblance of a social life in pursuit of academic perfection and passage to a better future.When a stinging betrayal violently estranges Genevieve and Arin, Genevieve must weigh the value of ambition versus familial love, home versus the outside world, and alle

十一歲的 Delphine 習慣把情緒藏起來，因為她知道自己不能倒下。妹妹還小，而媽媽早在多年前就離開了她們。這個夏天，三姊妹來到奧克蘭，原以為能補回失去的親情，卻發現母親冷淡而疏離，甚至把她們送進一個由黑豹黨經營的夏令營。對 Delphine 來說，這不是冒險，而是一連串她沒準備好的選擇：要不要相信大人？要不要為自己發聲？要怎麼在混亂中保護家人。本書以貼近青少年內心的視角，描寫成長過程中那些不公平卻真實的時刻，並由 Sharee Miller 以全彩圖像重新詮釋，讓經典故事更容易被當代讀者理解與感受。“I wish I didn’t know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of trouble cooking in Oakland…”Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California.But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers.Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.This beloved Newbery Honor Book, National Book Award