Period Pieces: Stories for Girls

Kristin Embry Litchman, Erzsi Deak. HarperCollins, $15.99 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-06-623796-1

A baker's dozen short stories, Period Pieces: Stories for Girls, ed. by Erzsi Deak and Kristin Embry Litchman, focuses on-you guessed it-the facts, the fears and, sometimes, the sheer embarrassment of menstruation. Contributors include Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park (""White Pants""); Dian Curtis Regan (""Living on Chocolate""); and Rita Williams-Garcia (""Making Do"").

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