Amazing life of birds : (the twenty-day puberty journal of Duane Homer Leech) by Paulsen, Gary 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P01450 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   


Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Puberty - Fiction School stories Diaries - Fiction

Summary: As twelve-year-old Duane endures the confusing and humiliating aspects of puberty, he watches a newborn bird in a nest on his windowsill begin to grow and become more independent, all of which he records in his journal.

Moon within by Salazar, Aida 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2019)

BTSB #: 774632 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG RC: 7.5 6-8 Lexile: 960

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Novels in verse Racially mixed people - Fiction Puberty - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Transgender people - Fiction Best friends - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: 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 to hold a traditional public moon ceremony to celebrate the occasion--until she finds out that her best friend Magda is contemplating an even more profound change of life.