Our teen book spotlight this week is celebrating some serious girl power as March is Women’s History Month!!! We have a collection of fiction and nonfiction books that highlight some strong females that made a difference in their world, or still are, either real or imagined. Every reader can take encouragement from these amazing individuals as they experience some of the same situations and setbacks that everyone does at some point. These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #yagirlpower as well as on Libby and Hoopla. Check back next week for a new teen book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!!
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson--Each day African American teen Jade Butler shuttles to a private, mostly white school where she's accepted a scholarship. Intent on taking advantage of every opportunity she can to rise above the poverty in which she lives, Jade tries to find her place in a world where she teeters between the privilege of her classmates and the racial tension and fear of her neighborhood.
Women In Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played To Win by Rachel Ignotofsky--Contains illustrated profiles of fifty female athletes describing their lives and achievements. Features women from a wide variety of sports including archery, mixed martial arts, motocross, cricket, ping pong, roller derby, polo, bowling, and skydiving.
Rad Girls Can by Kate Schatz--Highlights a selection of young women who have used their boldness and bravery to overcome obstacles and accomplish great things. Subjects range from Misty Copeland and Yusra Mardini to Helen Keller and Joan of Arc.
In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo--Provides twenty-nine profiles of powerful women and the lessons that can be learned from studying their lives.
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu--In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, Viv, sixteen, starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines.
Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotungo--It starts before you can even remember: You learn the rules for being a girl. . . .Marin has always been good at navigating these unspoken guidelines. A star student and editor of the school paper, she dreams of getting into Brown University. Marin’s future seems bright—and her young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. Beckett, is always quick to admire her writing and talk books with her.But when “Bex” takes things too far and comes on to Marin, she’s shocked and horrified. Had she somehow led him on? Was it her fault? As things heat up at school and in her personal life, Marin must figure out how to take back the power and write her own rules.