Joan of the Journal

In 1930s Plainfield, fourteen-year-old Joan Martin has journalism in her blood. When her brother Tim lands a job at the family newspaper, the Plainfield Evening Journal, Joan sees her chance to prove girls belong in the newsroom too. Armed with boundless curiosity and a reporter's instinct, she inserts herself into the newsroom's chaos, chasing stories and asking questions that make the older journalists uneasy. But something is wrong at the Journal: someone is sabotaging the paper with strange mistakes that threaten its hard-won reputation. As Joan digs into the mystery, she must balance her loyalty to her family with her hunger to prove herself in a world that assumes ambition is only for boys. Warm, spirited, and bursting with the energy of a young girl refusing to be overlooked, this is a story about daring to want more, and the courage it takes to chase your dreams when everyone expects you to stay in your place.