Watch us rise
Watson, Renée
Genre:
Jasmine and Chelsea are best friends on a mission--they're sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school
so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post their work online--poems
essays
videos of Chelsea performing her poetry
and Jasmine's response to the racial microaggressions she experiences--and soon they go viral. But with such positive support
the club is also targeted by trolls. When things escalate in real life
the principal shuts the club down. Not willing to be silenced
Jasmine and Chelsea will risk everything for their voices--and those of other young women--to be heard. These two dynamic
creative young women stand up and speak out in a novel that features their compelling art and poetry along with powerful personal journeys that will inspire readers and budding poets
feminists
and activists.
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