Girl Powered

Tension shifts into high gear when a seventh grade girl joins the (previously) all-boys engineering club at school. From the award-winning author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl comes a feisty, feminist story that will inspire readers to grab life by the handlebars and pedal past every outdated expectation.

Ten boys. One bike. No girls alloweduntil now.

Samantha Scalera is smart enough to know that seventh grade would be easier if she went along with everyone elses expectations. Like her best friend who expects her to try out for cheerleading. But lately, Sam finds shed rather spend her time taking things apart to see how they work than literally bending over backward to cheer for the boys basketball team. So when Sams math teacher suggests that she join the man-powered racer (MPR) teaman after-school engineering club that builds and races a custom bikeSam is suddenly willing to disassemble