Just One Girl: A Fight for Equal Rights (Tales of Young Americans)

Written by Amanda Calatzis (illus.) Trinka Hakes Noble
Review by Elizabeth Caulfield Felt

Fourth-grader Jillian Parker gets laughed at when she signs up for Math Club because only boys are in that club. Conversations with her neighbor, her mother, and a teacher show her the historical and modern difficulties of being a woman, and the need to fight for equal rights. A straightforward story with a good message. Illustrations are full page and colorful, and display characters in 1970s style clothing. Ages 5-9.