Publisher's Synopsis
This book takes the average little girl on a realistic fictional journey as she becomes a woman. Its purpose is meant to spark healthy conversations between young girls and teens and the adults responsible for helping them become powerful, strong women. It is set in the Mississippi Delta with stories as rich as the fertile grounds the Mississippi River runs through. Its main character, Izrael Katrice Moses (Izzie), allows the reader to follow her as she is faced with choices that are hard for any young girl to make on her own. Izzie not worried because she has so many people to help her grow along the way. They talk to her, guide her, cheer her on, and give her permission to find her own way. Izzie's journey reflects the journeys of so many young girls and ladies from so many parts of the world. Parents of young girls and teens are grabbing this book off the shelves to help them form the best conversations for the special girls and teens in their lives because parents know their little girls won't stay little forever.
