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Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice
Anna Lapera
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Levine Querido
ISBN: 978-1-64614-371-9
Keywords: Coming-of-Age-Guatemanlan Americans, activism, puberty, missing women, women's rights
Inspired by her Guatemalan aunt's activism and her grandmother's urging her to find her voice, 12-year-old Mani, along with her friends, advocates for free menstruation supplies at school. Unexpectedly, their project gets sidelined.