Stuff for Teens

The Girl with the Mermaid Hair by Delia Ephron Click. Sukie Jamieson takes a selfie after her tennis lesson. Click. She takes one before she has to give a presentation in class. Click. She takes one to be sure there’s nothing in her teeth after eating pizza at Clementi’s. And if she can’t take a selfie, she checks her reflection in windows, spoons, car chrome—anything available, really. So when her mother gives her an exquisite full-length mirror that once belonged to her grandmother, Sukie is thrilled. So thrilled that she doesn’t listen to her mother’s warning: “This mirror will be your best friend and worst enemy.” Because mirrors, as Sukie discovers, show not only the faraway truth but the truth close up. And finding out that close-up truth changes people. Often forever.

Free? Stories About Human Rights by Various Authors One universal declaration names 30 rights for freedoms for everybody. But more than 60 years later, Millions of people around the world are still denied full human rights. 14 acclaimed storytellers take inspiration from those struggles.