About a Girl

About a Girl
Author: Rebekah Robertson
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Families
ISBN: 014378515X

In 2000, Rebekah gave birth to twin boys, George and Harry. But as they grew older, their preferences began to show, and by the age of three it was clear Georgie was drawn to anything that was pretty or had a skirt that could swirl. Before long Georgie was insisting that she was a girl and became distressed that she had to hide who she really was when she began school. Soon the bullying started and she would come home in floods of tears, begging her mother to help her. Rebekah and her husband, conflicted about how to proceed and overwhelmed by fear, united in their determination to help her live freely and fearlessly. To ensure Georgie had access to medical support they sought permission for her to begin puberty-blocking medication. Their case was the start of the long road to justice for transgender children in Australia and became the basis of the 2013 landmark decision to remove the Family Court's jurisdiction. Georgie has gone on to become one of the brightest stars of the Australian youth leadership landscape through her advocacy work. And Rebekah founded Transcend, a support network for transgender kids and their families in Australia. Part memoir and part inspirational message of hope for those navigating a similar path, About a Girl is a thought-provoking and profoundly moving true story. Above all, it is a celebration of family and the values that unite us all. 'A remarkable document of an Australian civil rights landmark and a moving testament to the ferocity of parental love.' - Benjamin Law

Songs About a Girl

Songs About a Girl
Author: Chris Russell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250095166

When sixteen-year-old aspiring photographer Charlie Bloom receives the invitation of her dreams--to take backstage photos for chart-topping boy band Fire&Lights--it's an offer she can't refuse.

About a Girl

About a Girl
Author: Sarah McCarry
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250068622

Eighteen-year-old genius Tally makes a discovery that upends her fiercely ordered world and compels her to search for the mother who abandoned her as a baby, finding instead an enigmatic and beautiful girl who will unlock the door to her future.

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing
Author: Eimear McBride
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-09-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1476789029

Taking the literary world by storm, Eimear McBride’s internationally praised debut is one of the most acclaimed novels in recent years; it is “subversive, passionate, and darkly alchemical. Read it and be changed” (Eleanor Catton). Eimear McBride’s debut tells, with astonishing insight and in riveting detail, the story of a young woman’s relationship with her brother, the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour, and her harrowing sexual awakening. Not so much a stream-of-consciousness, as an unconscious railing against a life that makes little sense, and a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing plunges inside its narrator’s head, exposing her world firsthand. This isn’t always comfortable—but it is always a revelation. Touching on everything from family violence to religion to addiction, and the personal struggle to remain intact in times of intense trauma, McBride writes with singular intensity, acute sensitivity, and mordant wit. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing is moving, funny, and alarming. It is a book you will never forget.

About a Girl

About a Girl
Author: Joanne Horniman
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1741769515

A spellbinding love story between two young women that unfolds like a series of paintings and explores the tender moments that pull them together and the secrets that push them apart.

A Slip of a Girl

A Slip of a Girl
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-08-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0823439550

A heart-wrenching novel in verse about a poor girl surviving the Irish Land Wars, by a two-time Newbery Honor-winning author. For Anna, the family farm has always been home... But now, things are changing. Anna's mother has died, and her older siblings have emigrated, leaving Anna and her father to care for a young sister with special needs. And though their family has worked this land for years, they're in danger of losing it as poor crop yields leave them without money to pay their rent. When a violent encounter with the Lord's rent collector results in Anna and her father's arrest, all seems lost. But Anna sees her chance and bolts from the jailhouse. On the run, Anna must rely on her own inner strength to protect her sister--and try to find a way to save her family. Written in verse, A Slip of a Girl is a poignant story of adversity, resilience, and self-determination by a master of historical fiction, painting a haunting history of the tensions in the Irish countryside of the early 1890s, and the aftermath of the Great Famine. A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Book of the Year

I Loved a Girl

I Loved a Girl
Author: Walter Trobisch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2001-02-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781931475013

The spiritual vision of Trobisch's classic answers to love's questions is reproduced here in a new edition.

For a Girl Becoming

For a Girl Becoming
Author: Joy Harjo
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780816527977

Celebrates a young girl's transitions through birth, childhood, and young adulthood, with advice on remaining connected to loved ones and nature.

I'm Not a Girl

I'm Not a Girl
Author: Maddox Lyons
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250792916

Based on a true transgender identity journey, the picture book I'm Not a Girl is an empowering story from writers Maddox Lyons and Jessica Verdi about a boy who is determined to be himself, illustrated by Dana Simpson. Nobody seems to understand that Hannah is not a girl. His parents ask why he won't wear the cute outfits they pick out. His friend thinks he must be a tomboy. His teacher insists he should be proud to be a girl. But a birthday wish, a new word, and a stroke of courage might be just what Hannah needs to finally show the world who he really is. A 2021 Rainbow Book List Recommended Reading Selection