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Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her p...

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Main Author: McCullough, Joy (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2023]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Voluntarism > Juvenile fiction.
Poverty > Juvenile fiction.
Menstruation > Juvenile fiction.
Self-realization > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her passion and drive.
Physical Description: 233 pages ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 8 and up.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-233).
ISBN: 9781534496279
1534496270
9781534496262
1534496262
Author Notes: Joy McCullough writes books and plays from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and two children. She is the author of the middle grade novels Across the Pond , A Field Guide to Getting Lost , Not Starring Zadie Louise , Code Red , and Basil & Dahlia , as well as the middle grade series Team Awkward, and the picture books Harriet's Ruffled Feathers , Champ and Major: First Dogs , and The Story of a Book . Her debut novel Blood Water Paint was longlisted for the National Book Award and was a William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist. Visit her at JoyMcCullough.com.

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