{"id":48812,"date":"2021-11-16T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=48812"},"modified":"2021-11-16T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:52:36","slug":"girlhood-teens-around-the-world-in-their-own-voices-by-masuma-ahuja-in-shelf-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/girlhood-teens-around-the-world-in-their-own-voices-by-masuma-ahuja-in-shelf-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Girlhood: Teens around the World in Their Own Voices by Masuma Ahuja [in Shelf Awareness]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48814\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/Girlhood-Masuma-Ahuja-BookDragon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"768\" \/>What began as a series by journalist Masuma Ahuja for\u00a0<em>The Lily\u00a0<\/em>(a product of the<em>\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>) expands here into the enlightening\u00a0<em>Girlhood<\/em>. Ahuja gathers &#8220;colorful and rich&#8221; accounts of 30 girls from 27 countries that reveal similar themes: longing for adventures, big dreams, growing pains, and figuring out individual identities.<\/p>\n<p>Girlhood, in too many places, means being &#8220;silenced or policed,&#8221; but Ahuja underscores examples of everyday empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the girls&#8217; photos and diary entries originating from homes near and far \u2013 Argentina, Kazakhstan, Vanuatu, Sweden, Mongolia and, perhaps most poignantly, Afghanistan before the U.S. withdrawal \u2013 Ahuja provides important context about country, community, and circumstances. With a billion-plus girls in the world, a comprehensive collection isn&#8217;t possible, but Ahuja provides readers with what she hopes is &#8220;representative of a vast range of girls&#8217; experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelf-awareness.com\/readers-issue.html?issue=1074#m18739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u201cGift Issue,\u201d\u00a0<em>Shelf Awareness<\/em>, November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What began as a series by journalist Masuma Ahuja for\u00a0The Lily\u00a0(a product of the\u00a0Washington Post) expands here into the enlightening\u00a0Girlhood. 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