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Captivatingly read by the author, Jaspreet Kaur. You might feel that this fight is too big for you. How on earth can you dismantle so many complex, long-standing systems of oppression? My answer: piece by piece. Brown Girl Like Me is an inspiring memoir and empowering manifesto that equips women...

Ne'a comes from a tough childhood and just wants to be loved properly. She's selfless, nurturing, and dealing with codependency at home. The issues she has are like a stain in her life that she wants to wipe away permanently.

I am a girl but most days I feel like a question mark. Makeda June Kirkland is eleven-years-old, adopted, and black. Her parents and big sister are white, and even though she loves her family very much, Makeda often feels left out. When Makeda's family moves from Maryland to New Mexico, she...

After years of military service, Evan Miller wants a quiet life. The small town of Ravenswood seems perfect - until he stumbles upon a vicious web of lies with his new neighbor at its center. Ruth Kabbah is rude, awkward, and - according to everyone in town - bad news. Thing is, no one will tell Evan why. Does she perform ritual sacrifices? Howl at the moon? Pour the milk before the tea? He has no clue. But he desperately wants to find out. The more Evan’s isolated, eccentric neighbor pushes him away, the more he wants her.

I'm not supposed to be here. Death has come for me more than once, and each time it's been a boy who's stood between me and my final breath. I called him Christopher when he saved me as a child. When he came into my life again, only months ago, I knew him as Wes. Just as he did the time before, he disappeared the moment he made sure I was out of harm's way; as if I didn't need any more saving.

In A Girl like Me: A Big, Bold and Beautiful Adventure to Loving All of Me, Joy is excited but nervous about starting at a new school. She looks around the classroom, hoping to find someone who looks like her—someone with dark skin, chubby cheeks, and a big round belly like hers. But as the day goes on, she feels left out and even gets teased for being different. Joy starts to wonder if she really belongs.

For The Girls Like Me

"Once I dreamed I swam / the ocean / and saw everything deep, cool / and was part of the waves. / I swam on by the people / onshore / hollering, / 'A girl like you needs to / stay out of the water / and be dry / like everyone else.'" Empower young listeners to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring book uses a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson to celebrate girls of color.

It's 2004 and former reality TV star and party girl Maya Miller has just married the most eligible bachelor on the planet: Colin Sterling, of the globally famous Sterling family whose history of aristocratic titles and land holdings rival a British royal and whose media empire is comparable to the Murdochs. To some, Maya represents the American dream. To others, a gold digger. But when Colin's cousin Arianna, the heiress to the family's immense fortune, is found murdered, Maya is thrust into the spotlight.

We are thrilled to launch The Well Project’s new podcast, A Girl Like Me LIVE – featuring audio versions of our new bi-weekly series (starting soon) of the same name, as well as other digital programming we’ve produced including The Well Project’s Leadership Exchange! Subscribe now for updates and access to a rich and growing audio collection of conversations centering the expertise and perspectives of our diverse community of women living with HIV on a variety of topics.

Girls Like Me is a podcast curated for the consumption, embodiment, and enjoyment of Black women. This podcast is a space for black women to be ourselves unaltered and reflective of the world around us.

Lisa Jakub had what she was supposed to want: She was a working actor in Los Angeles. She had more than 40 movies and TV shows to her name. She had been in blockbusters like Mrs. Doubtfire and Independence Day. She walked the red carpet and lived in the house she had bought when she was 15. But something was missing. Passion. Purpose. Happiness. In this funny and insightful book, Lisa chronicles the adventures of growing up in the film industry and her difficult decision to leave behind the only life she had ever known.

A Good Girl is acutely aware of everyone's emotional state. Except her own. She was praised for not being difficult like other girls. She must never get too big for her boots and always be grateful. So damn grateful. She masks her own needs, dreams and fears so thoroughly that she loses herself...

A remarkable true story from social justice advocate and national bestselling author Julissa Arce about her journey to belong in America while growing up undocumented in Texas. Born in the picturesque town of Taxco, Mexico, Julissa Arce was left behind for months at a time with her two sisters...

With the fast evolving digital world, cryptocurrency has never been so exciting to be a part of! Other than the amazing technology that it brings us, it allows more access to those who otherwise might not have access to traditional finance. It is already changing the financial market as we know it with more girls joining the crypto space every day. Not to worry; A Girl’s Pocket Guide to Crypto Investing audiobook will show you the basic minimum you need to learn and understand to get you started in the crypto investing journey.

The Celibacy Journal is a community for girls who look like me who are celibate, considering celibacy now or in the future and the common issues that concern us.

An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to readers of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids poring over it to find a poem that's just for them. I am a canvas Being painted on By the words of my family...

You know the feeling. It's the same feeling you have had since the first moment you wondered if a boy liked you. It's the same thing you felt every time since then when someone of the opposite sex looked at you in that certain way that made your heart pound and your hands shake. You might not have known for sure, but you thought that maybe, just maybe, he liked you – and that hope was enough to make you excited about seeing him one more time, just to see if maybe you were right!

An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to fans of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids listening through it to find a poem that's just for them. I am a canvas Being painted on By the words of my...

A funny, authentic YA debut about a teen girl juggling body image, friendship, family, and a beauty pageant…all on her summer vacation. From debut author Jenna Guillaume. “This is the book I would hand to teen me.” ―Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs...