Periods in Fiction

Around half the population will experience menstruation. These fiction books for tweens and teens talk about it.

Updated June 18, 2025
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Saskatchewan Information & Library Services Consortium Regina Public Library
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Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret
Blume, Judy
Paper Book
Originally published: Scarsdale, N.Y.: Bradbury Press, 1970.
Blood moon
Cuthew, Lucy
Paper Book
PERIODS, SEX AND ONLINE SHAMING. AN EXTRAORDINARY VERSE NOVEL FROM A BOLD NEW VOICE IN FICTION. During Frankie's first sexual experience with lovely Benjamin, she gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. No shame. Then a graphic meme goes viral, turning their fun, intimate afternoon into...
Go with the flow
Williams, Lily
Paper Book
High school students embark on a crash course of friendship, female empowerment, and women's health issues in Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann's graphic novel Go With the Flow. Good friends help you go with the flow. Best friends help you start a...
The new girl
Calin, Cassandra
Paper Book
The unexpected consequence of bleeding on a Tuesday
Toney, Kelsey B.
Paper Book
Growing up is painful. A fresh, funny and relatable coming-of-age YA novel, perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty and XO, Kitty. Delia has the most amazing friends and family, killer grades at a fancy prep school, and, with graduation just one...

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