No Laughter Here

In this groundbreaking novel about challenging social issues, Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia uses her vividly realistic voice to highlight an often taboo practice that affects millions of girls around the world every year, and to explore a perspective not often depicted in YA fiction.

Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria share a seemingly unbreakable friendship. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summe...