Introduction: Girl problems / Sherrie A. Inness
Coming to America: not the movie by Eddie Murphy / Palesa and Manko Kendall with an introducction by K. Limakatso Kendall
From foutou to French fries: life on the edge of African and American cultures / Bosson Caroline Kouassiaman and Susan Frazier-Kouassi
"Mommy, I just want to fit in!": an African girl's story / Joy Ekema-Agbaw and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
Childhood misconceptions: reflections of a biracial American (colored) girl / Wendy M. Thompson and Lisa B. Thompson
Mah-Rukh Ali: profile of a Norwegian / Mah-Rukh Ali and Elisabeth Sandberg
Fighting shame: a Somali single teen mother in Canada / Ayanna Anamoor and Merlinda Weinberg
A tightrope made of sari silk: the delicate, perilous world of girlhood in India ; Preeti, Priya, Pratibha, Kamal, Lalitha, and Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis
Afia's story: a guide to survival / Afia Begum, Najma Habib, and Rebecca Sultana
A tryst missed: girlhood in Pakistan / Mithi, Pomi, Nasima, and Tahera Aftab
Horizontal rain: road from Sarajevo / Ajla Hodzic
Charley Lauren's story: growing up in the shadow of mental illness / Charley Lauren Ortman and Patricia E. Ortman.