Every month Kaneila is banished to a hut for a week. She's isolated because having her period is thought to make her impure. When she learns how the menstrual cycle works, she starts to question what she's been led to believe. Themes : periods, taboo, period poverty. Jade's body has curves, and that's never been a problem for her - until the day her mother puts her on a diet. To free herself from the obsession of achieving the perfect body, she decides to get creative. Themes : body image, societal pressures, anti-fat bias. Mahnoosh is the third oldest of a family of seven girls. She becomes a bacha posh and dresses like a boy so that she can work with her father. When she reaches adolescence, she has a choice to make. Themes : patriarchal society, education, activism. Makena's name means "one who brings happiness" in Swahili. She's devastated when she finds out her best friend has been forced into marriage and her body has been mutilated. But then one of the elders in the village gives Makena an idea. Themes : forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), matriarchal society. Luisa loves her city and her neighborhood. But life is not exactly pleasant when men on the bus are touching her inappropriately and boys at school are belittling her. And then one day her sister goes missing. Themes : femicide, harassment, uprising.