International Day of the Girl Collection

Celebrate International Day of the Girl with this fantastic collection, perfect for classrooms and programs serving middle and high schoolers! Spark discussions and inspire your students with this selection of fiction, nonfiction, and educational resources, including the uplifting DVD Girl Rising.

Also, be sure to add the free downloadable Girl Rising Teacher's Guide to your cart! It includes an array of tools to help enrich lesson plans, including chapter, issue and country guides.

This collection contains one copy each of:

Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
In this stirring and unforgettable novel, Anita’s life in the Dominican Republic changes drastically when her father and uncles are arrested for participating in a coup to overthrow the dictatorship.

Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl by Ma Yan
Ma Yan faced many hardships as she tried to regularly attend school in rural China, and her hard work and dedication shine through in her extraordinary true diary.

Girls Think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
This nonfiction book highlights the innovations of ingenious women and girls around the globe, from the chocolate chip cookie to the invention of windshield wipers.

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Two narratives unfold 23 years apart this captivating novel set in Sudan, as a young man and a young woman strive towards hope in the direst of circumstances.

A Stone in My Hand by Cathryn Clinton
It’s 1988 in Gaza City and Malaak’s father has disappeared looking for work in Israel. Can she find her voice in the midst of the violence and fear and change her family’s future?

The Wild Book by Margarita Engle
Hungry for words but struggling with dyslexia, Fefa fills her “wild book” with poetry that captures the danger and challenges of daily life in turn-of-the-century Cuba.

Girl Rising DVD
Journey around the world to witness the strength of the human spirit as nine unforgettable girls face frightening obstacles to fulfill their dreams of attending school.