Women of Steel JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) Drawing on eleven months of

Drawing on eleven months of fieldwork in Miami and sharing the stories and experiences of police officers

South Carolina Junior Book Award * A Kirkus Best Book of the Year * An Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California Outstanding Title

Four stories that address the loss and absence of a loved one

geopolitical and cultural shifts

Women of Steel JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) Drawing on eleven months of"A lot of people in the general public think female bodybuilding is gross and freaky . . . that that's not what a woman is supposed to look like." So says Michelle, a national bodybuilding judge. In fact, athletic women, especially those in sports where strength, muscle, and sweat feature prominently, are typically viewed by the public as being outside the boundaries of appropriate femininity. And perhaps no group of women athletes embodies this