County Teens

People don’t own the water in their own village
and they certainly don’t own the diamonds and gold.
Millions are forced to make dinner out of garbage and dust

The book, made up of poems, letters, and diary entries from fictional girls- is a powerful collection of the issues plaguing girls all over the world – from not having purple Uggs boots to being sold into sex slavery.

I say let’s go for it
if it’s all coming down.
I say let’s speak it
let’s fight it
let’s right it.

The author describes the book as a “celebration of the authentic voice inside every girl and an inspiring call to action for girls everywhere to speak up, follow their dreams, and become the women they were always meant to be.”

Mercy, Unbound – Kim Antieau

Mercy O’Connor is becoming an angel. She can feel her wings sprouting from her shoulder blades. They itch. Sometimes, she even hears them rustling.

And angels don’t need to eat.  So Mercy has decided she doesn’t need to, either.

She is not sick, doesn’t suffer from anorexia, is not trying to kill herself. She is an angel, and angels simply don’t need food.

When her parents send her to an eating disorder clinic, Mercy is scared and confused. She isn’t like the other girls who are so obviously sick. If people could just see her wings, they would know. But her wings don’t come and Mercy begins to have doubts. What if she isn’t really an angel? What if she’s just a girl? What if she’s killing herself? Can she stop?