Standing Your Ground: Girls Speaking Up and Taking Action

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Saturday, November 16

Next Chapter Tent

Witness three courageous girls take charge of their futures in these three inspiring stories! Anna Lapera's Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice follows Mani as she learns about her family history and stands up to the culture of harassment brewing in her own school. Lyla Lee's Gigi Shin is Not a Nerd finds Gigi forming a tutoring club with her friends to pay for an elite art camp. In Yamile Saied Mendez's The Beautiful Game, Valeria goes from top soccer player and the only girl on the boy's team to joining a girls' team after getting her first period during a game. Learn how to play, lead, and fight like a girl in this uplifting and energizing panel!

Books: Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice, Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd, The Beautiful Game
Book Types: Fiction, Non Fiction
Authors: Anna Lapera, Lyla Lee, Yamile Saied Méndez
Moderator: Jennifer Ziegler
Book Signing: 4:00 PM at Children's Signing Tent