Each year a committee from the American Library Association puts together the Rise list of the year's best feminist literature for young people (ages 0-18). March is Women's History Month, so it seemed like a perfect time to share the Rise Top Ten list. You can see the full list of titles at the Rise website.
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Laxmi's mooch
by Shelly Anand After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance. |
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Firekeeper's daughter
by Angeline Boulley Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player places her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy. |
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Bodies are cool
by Tyler Feder Through lively text and delightful illustrations, this truly inclusive book celebrates all the different human bodies that exist in the world. |
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Somebody's daughter : a memoir
by Ashley C. Ford One of the prominent voices of her generation, the author presents this coming-of-age recollection of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and a traumatic event, revealing the threads between who you are and what you are born into. |
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Sistersong
by Lucy Holland The three children of King Cador, as the Saxons prepare to invade, must fight to forge their own paths when they become entangled in a web of treachery and heartbreak upon the arrival of a meddling magician and a great warrior. |
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If I go missing
by Brianna Jonnie "If I Go Missing is derived from excerpts of a letter that went viral and was also the basis of a documentary film. In her letter, Jonnie calls out the authorities for neglecting to immediately investigate missing Indigenous people and urges them to "not treat me as the Indigenous person I am proud to be" if she were to be reported missing. Indigenous artist Neal Shannacappo provides the artwork. Through his illustrations, he imagines a situation in which a young Indigenous woman does disappear, portraying the reaction of her community, her friends, the police, and media. |
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Last night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo With the threat of deportation looming over her father--in spite of his hard-won citizenship and disavowal of Communism--seventeen-year-old American-born Chinese Lily Hu pursues a relationship with her Caucasian classmate Kath. |
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The big bath house
by Kyo Maclear In this celebration of Japanese culture, family and body positivity, a little girl, her grandmother and aunties visit a traditional bath house where they partake in the rituals that lead up to the bath itself. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. |
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So many beginnings : a Little Women remix
by Bethany C. Morrow In this powerful retelling of the classic novel, four young Black sisters, coming of age during the American Civil War, face first love, health issues, heartbreak and new horizons. |
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Disability visibility : 17 first-person stories for today : adapted for young adults
by Alice Wong Collects 17 thought-provoking essays written by disabled people that offer keen insight into the complex and rich disability experience, and ask readers to think of them as members of a community with its own history, culture and movements. |