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• Period Poverty Awareness Week - Alliance for Period Supplies

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  Period PovertyAwareness Week May 12-18, 2025 The Alliance for Period Supplies created Period Poverty Awareness Week to draw attention to the issue of period poverty and the negative impact it has on people who menstruate. We encourage everyone to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

  Blume, Judy

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  'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' is a classic, the original period novel.

• Turning Red

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  In this movie, the main character, along with getting her first period, sometimes turns into a giant red panda. It makes me want to be a giant red panda too!

• The Beautiful Game

  Méndez, Yamile Saied

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  Valerie gets her period in the middle of a soccer game, while wearing white shorts! The book makes a nod to 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.' After she gets her period, Valerie thinks, "The only thing that could save me was divine…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grow Up, Tahlia Wilkins!

  Evans, Karina

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  From Booklist Reviews: "It's the last day of seventh grade, and Tahlia Wilkins has a plan for herself and BFF Lily: starting with a pool party at the home of popular, friendly Noah, Tahlia and Lily will get in with the cool-kids crowd. There's only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Code Red

  McCullough, Joy

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  Eden, a 13-year-old gymnast, gets her first period in this book. Eden says that her mom is the head of "one of the biggest menstrual product companies in the world. So I'm unprepared to feel kind of... shocked. Like I somehow knew it was coming and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Free Period

  Terese, Ali

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  This book was longlisted for the National Book Award. From Bibliocommons: "Forced to join the school's Community Action Club, troublemaking best friends Helen and Gracie take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms and soon find…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Calling the Moon

  16 Period Stories From Bipoc Authors

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  Publisher Annotation: An essential, highly relatable collection of short fiction and poems around the topic of menstruation, written exclusively by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color. ** Here is a quote from Aida Salazar's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Long Secret

  Fitzhugh, Louise

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  When Beth Ellen gets her first period, her 'Victorian' grandmother leads her to believe it is caused by rocks inside her, but Janie sets her straight with a concise, clear, health lesson. This is how Beth Ellen announces the news to her friends:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The New Girl

  Calin, Cassandra, 1994-

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  Lia gets her first period at the airport, and her mother announces it out loud for everyone to hear!

• Go With the Flow

  Williams, Lily

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  "Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Hazelton High never has enough tampons. Or pads. Or adults who will listen. Sick of an administration that puts football before female health, the girls confront a world that shrugs--or worse,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Porcupine Year

  Erdrich, Louise

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  Louise Erdrich is a member of the turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She grew up in North Dakota and is of German-American and Chippewa descent. This is the third book in the Birchbark House series featuring Omakayas, a Native American girl of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Moon Within

  Salazar, Aida

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  From Bibliocommons: "Eleven-year-old (nearly twelve) Celi Rivera, who is a mix of Black-Puerto Rican-Mexican Indian is uncomfortable about her approaching period, and the changes that are happening to her body; she is horrified that her mother wants…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Revenge of the Red Club

  Harrington, Kim, 1974-

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  From School Library Journal Reviews: "The Red Club—a student-run club dedicated to periods—at Riley Dunne's middle school serves as a safe space for girls, a place to ask embarrassing questions without judgment, and a sisterhood of students where…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Only Yesterday

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  This movie is rated PG. Periods and puberty are a source of conflict for young Taeko, but the red color scheme throughout the film seems to be a subtle but beautiful homage to this time in her life. Only Yesterday is a nostalgic, tender film. Fun…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

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  This is the feature film adaptation of the book of the same name.