She’s scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn’t face her fear, she’ll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. But after experiencing a powerful protest, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn’t think that’s for her. Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. Soon things go all wrong and too far, and Sammie must learn to speak up about what’s been done to her. But when a new kid named Luke starts hanging out with them, what was a comfortable pair becomes an awkward trio. Samantha Goldstein has been best friends with David Fisher ever since they met on their town’s Little League baseball team. Now it’s up to her to question assumptions, search for the truth, and do what she believes is right-even in the face of great opposition. But when she receives an unexpected letter from her father in prison on her 12th birthday, another thing begins to weigh on her mind. Zoe is spending the summer working at a bakery, proving to everyone that she’s worthy of being on Food Networks’ Kid Bake Challenge. Some are brave, some are funny, some are smart, and all of them are inspirational. This group of eclectic female characters can inspire all kids. There’s no power like girl power! Today, we wanted to highlight some of our favorite strong girls in middle grade fiction, with both classic female characters, like Ramona Quimby and Julie of the Wolves, to newer voices like Emma Greystone in the Greystone Secrets series by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
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