Listen to the Girls — Chrystal D. Giles

It's the last day of school and Calla's favorite teacher has been accused of inappropriate conduct toward students. With gorgeous and accessible writing, Listen to the Girls tells an empowering story of speaking up, standing together and learning to listen to others and to yourself.Calla has always had smart girl energy-she's the one who usually has the answers. She's Jacoby and Charlee's problem-solving best friend, Josiah the track star's smart younger sister. Attorney Dionne Howard's (easy to ignore) model daughter. Calla's mom likes to say, Always do what you know is right. But when Calla's favorite teacher is accused of a crime, Calla suddenly isn't so sure what the right thing is. She does know though that people are saying mean things about the girls who have spoken out. No matter what really happened, that can't be right...can it?Inspired by her favorite blogger, EboniNews (whose motto is: Amplify. Connect. Truth-ACT), Calla has an idea. What if Calla found a way to uplift the voices of the girls around her, to give them a safe space to tell their stories? As Calla listens to the other girls and eventually even meets EbnoniNews, she starts to realize something. Maybe she has a story to tell too...but can she find a way to make her own voice heard?