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Gena/Finn
by Hannah Moskowitz (Author) and Kat Helgeson (Author)

Booktalk: Told through emails, text messages, journal entries, and blog posts, Gena/Finn is a story of friendship and love in the digital age.

Gena and Finn would have never met but for their mutual love for the popular show Up Below. Regardless of their differences—Gena is a recent high school graduate whose social life largely takes place online, while Finn is in her early twenties, job hunting and contemplating marriage with her longtime boyfriend—the two girls realize that the bond between them transcends fanfiction. When disaster strikes and Gena’s world turns upside down, only Finn can save her, and that, too, comes with a price.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead
by Michelle Markel (Author) and LeUyen Pham (Illustrator)

Booktalk: In the 1950s, it was a man’s world. Girls weren’t supposed to act smart, tough, or ambitious. Even though, deep inside, they may have felt that way. And then along came Hillary. Brave, brilliant, and unstoppable, she was out to change the world.

They said a woman couldn’t be a mother and a lawyer. Hillary was both. They said a woman shouldn’t be too strong or too smart. Hillary was fearlessly herself.

It didn’t matter what people said—she was born to lead.

Snippet: She wasn’t frightened of the crowds and cameras and reporters. But she couldn’t believe how people criticized her–in ways they’d never criticize a man.

They said her headbands were too casual and her attitude was too feisty. An ex-president said a First Lady shouldn’t be too strong or too smart. Others called her “the Hillary problem”–and a lot worse things than that.

June 06, 2016, 08:29:04 PM EDT AP report

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