Nomination: A Girl Called Problem

Quirk, Katie.  A Girl Called Problem.  2013.  242p.  Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, $8.00 (978-0-8028-5404-9).  Gr. 6-9.

After moving to a new village, Shida can finally go to school!  But when bad things keep happening, some villagers say they’ve been cursed for allowing girls to go to school.  Shida sets out to discover what is really going on.