Whisper Island
Anola Pickett
Thirteen-year-old Primmy longs to be a Life Saver and rescue folks from shipwrecks along the North Carolina coast, but in 1913 everyone knows that being a Life Saver is a man's job.
Read Time: ~4.6 hr
Girlchild
by Tupelo Hassman (2012)
About this book
Obsessively following the edicts of the Girl Scouts Handbook in spite of her lack of a troop, young Rory longs to escape the Reno trailer park where she lives with her bartender mother.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreGirlchild Lead Character
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