Older Readers
Born a Girl: It Takes Courage.
By Alice Dussutour. Illus. by the author. Tr. by David Warriner.
Mar. 2024. 176p. Orca, $29.95 (9781459838987). Gr. 7–10. 305.2352.
This accessible offering comes with a bright, cheerful cover with vibrant, eye-catching illustrations of five young women representing various cultures. This engaging artwork belies the serious content of the book, a look at five contemporary misogynistic cultural practices intended to isolate, humiliate, and control women. Chapters begin with a first-person, graphic-novel-format introduction to a representative character invented by the author, in which a teen explains the realities of her life, followed by informative and straightforward commentary. Kaneila lives in Tibet and is banished to a shed in the forest every time she has her period. Mahnoosh lives
