GirlSpoken

GirlSpoken

  • Edited By: Jessica Hein,
    Heather Holland,
    Carol Kauppi
  • Pages:204
  • Publisher:Second Story Press
  • Themes:young feminists, teenage girls, girl voices, girl's writing
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  • Available:10/31/2007
  • Age Groups:Nonfiction Ages 12+
Paperback
9781897187302
$18.95
From pen, brush, and tongue, girls and young women speak their truths, tell it like it is, and call for change. This collection of creative works is an exploration of young women’s identities, self-expression and voice.
Contains the words and artwork of girls teetering on the brink between girlhood and adulthood.
– Canadian Review of Materials
This book would make a welcome and worthy addition to a young adult collection.
– Counterpoise
This collection of stories, poems and art by young Canadian women is a true testament to the power of art in girls' lives...This exploration of the up and downs of being female is sometimes raw but always real. It is sure to strike a chord with its intended audience.
– School Library Journal
At times I cried as I read about their life experiences; experiences no individual should have to endure. This book is mature, honest, inspiring, raw, heart-wrenching and uplifting all at the same time.
– The Book Guru Girl.com
This enjoyable book compelled me to think about my role as a mother of teenage daughters and challenges teachers to think about the environments teenage girls need to thrive.
– Professionally Speaking: The Magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers

“The anthology is meant to highlight the uniqueness of girlhood and to dispel the myth painted by many self-help books for teens: that girls are disempowered and devoid of self-esteem... GirlSpoken argues that teenage girls are ‘brighter, louder and stronger’ than most of the world gives them credit for.”

– Ottawa Citizen
Amelia Bloomer List   | 2009  |  Commended
Stellar Book Award   | 2009  |  Short-listed