Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG-13 (menstruation mentioned; drawings with small patches of menstrual blood; clinical drawings of female reproductive system); Violence: PG-13 (inappropriate touching mentioned, female genital mutilation mentioned, violence against women mentioned, femicide mentioned)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Dussutour uses five girls from across the world (Mexico, India, Afghanistan, Kenya, France) to illustrate the variety of challenges that just being born a girl brings to life.
All of it is very well presented in a highly illustrated format that helps it be simple to understand and swift to digest. The only problem I found was that nowhere does the author say whether the “main characters” are real people whose stories she is sharing, or if they are amalgams of the problems many girls in those cultures confront. While there is an index, there is no bibliography; the few resources mentioned are suggestions, without any links. Still powerful, but without the sources, I am unsure how factual I can be sure it is. I do believe that it is a high school level book that girls will talk about amongst themselves.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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