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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have just finished my first year as a member of the Amelia Bloomer Project, a selection list that focuses on the best books with a feminist message for children and teens. We worked hard at ALA’s Midwinter meeting to create this year’s
list of 83 titles, which I have included below. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you’d like to track the ABP throughout the year, you can follow our blog at
<a href="http://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com">http://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com</a>. We post all nominations to the blog, as well as stories of interest from our committee members. You can also learn more about the list’s criteria, history, and how to submit
a field nomination. The ABP is also on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/47238194018/">
https://www.facebook.com/groups/47238194018/</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ll be working on turning the list into a printable brochure which will be posted to the blog, or email me and I can send you a copy when it’s ready.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the introduction to the list says, these books will certainly inform, inspire, and entertain!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Amelia Bloomer Project 2012 List<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:4.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>“One of my favorite phobias is that girls, especially those whose tastes aren't routine, often don't get a fair break... It has come down through the generations, an inheritance of age-old customs which produced the corollary that women
are bred to timidity." – Amelia Earhart <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As we come to the end of a year emphasizing the intersection of feminism and social activism in the world around us, the defiance shown by the women featured in books on this list hold particular relevance. From a female Jesus to Victoria
Donda, the youngest member of the Argentine Congress, these women and girls reflect the complexities of the female experience and the increased awareness of strong women and girls throughout history and around the world. Courageous choices include those made
by women committed to insane asylums for excessive book reading, women using their bodies as art to express their rage, saving lives and standing up to institutional injustice, and trying on new identities under challenging circumstances.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Women claim their voices through the confluence of revolutionary politics and artistic expression. Loud and self-possessed, they would not be silenced.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes whimsical yet always substantive fictional characters and real-life heroines inspire us to consider new ideas. Even those bred to timidity refuse to accept limitations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Amelia Bloomer Project is part of the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association’s Social Responsibility Round Table.
<span style="color:black">The Amelia Bloomer Project committee members are Maureen McCoy (co-chair), Beth Olshewsky (co-chair), Jennie Law, Lalitha Nataraj, Linda Parsons, Kelly Rottmund, Angela Semifero, April Witteveen, and Joy Worland.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For more information, please visit the Amelia Bloomer Project blog
</span><a href="http://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Amelia Bloomer Project committee is proud to share this list to inform, entertain, and inspire:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Recommended Titles 2012</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Young Readers<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fiction</span><o:p></o:p></u></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Alko, Selina</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Every-day dress-up</span></strong><b>.</b> 2011. Unpaged. Knopf, $16.99 (978-0-375-86092-8). PreS-2.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A mother’s exciting stories of famous women inspire her young daughter to dress-up as her favorite heroines, including Amelia Earhart, Maria Tallchief,
and Frida Kahlo.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Medina, Meg.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Tia Isa Wants A Car. 2011. 32p. Candlewick, $24.99 (978-0-763-64156-6).
PreS-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A car means freedom to Tia Isa, but saving the money to buy one seems ridiculous to Tio Andres. She and her resourceful niece set out to prove him
wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Macy, Sue.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Basketball
Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women’s Hoops on the Map</span></strong><b>.</b> Illus. by Matt Collins. 2011. Unpaged. Holiday House, $16.95 (978-0-8234-2163-3). Gr.1-4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Agnes plays rearguard for Stanford University women’s basketball team. Join her for the game against Berkeley in 1896 that sets in motion the future
of women’s basketball.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">McDonnell, Patrick.</span></strong> Me… Jane. 2011. Little, Brown and Company, $15.99 (978-0-3160-4564-9). PreS-Gr.2.<br>
Young Jane Goodall, brave and determined, dreams of living in Africa and helping the animals she loves… until the day her dream comes true.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Quattlebaum, Mary.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pirate vs. Pirate. Illus. by Alexandra Boiger. 2011. Unpaged. Disney Hyperion Books, $16.99 (978-1-4231-2201-2). PreS – Gr. 2.<br>
Bad Bart and Mean Mo - two fierce pirate captains - compete to claim the title of “biggest, burliest, maddest, mightiest pirate in the world.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nonfiction</span></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Burleigh, Robert.</b> Night flight: Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic. Illus. by Wendell Minor. 2011. Unpaged. Simon & Schuster, $16.95 (978-1-4169-6733-0). K-Gr.3.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This uplifting picture book recounts Amelia Earhart’s sky-breaking solo trip across the Atlantic in 1932.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Capaldi, Gina and Q.L.Pearce</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Red bird sings: the story
of Zitkala-Sa, NativeAmerican author, musician and activist. Ill. by Gina Capaldi. 2011. 32p. Carolrhoda Books, $17.95. (978-0-7613-5257-0). Gr.2-5.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In spite of the challenges of a life divided between two-cultures, Red Bird persevered to become an accomplished musician and vocal activist for women’s
and Native American rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Moss, Marissa</b>. The Bravest Woman in America. Illus. by Andrea U.Ren. 2011. Unpaged. Tricycle Press, $16.99 (978-1-5824-6369-8). PreS-Gr.2.<br>
Ida Lewis loved the sea since she was a girl. She worked hard at her family's lighthouse in Rhode Island and eventually became the courageous lighthouse keeper, saving many people from terrible fates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Murphy, Claire Rudolph</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan
B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage. Illus. by Stacey Schuett. 2011. Unpaged. Peachtree, $16.95 (978-1-56145-593-8). Grades K-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">After Susan B. Anthony visits for a suffrage tea, young Bessie, her family, and friends are inspired to campaign for an upcoming referendum in California.
Will their efforts be enough to gain the vote?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Rubin, Susan Goldman</b>. Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto. Illus. by Bill Farnsworth. 2011. 40p. Holiday House, $18.95 (978-0-8234-2251-7). Gr.2-4.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Using disguises, falsified documents, and a network of courageous friends and trusted helpers, a young Polish social worker named Irena Sendler risks her life to help rescue thousands of Jewish children from World War II’s Warsaw Ghetto.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Silverman, Erica</span></strong>. Liberty’s Voice: The Story of Emma Lazarus. 2011. 32p. Dutton/Penguin, $17.99 (978-0-525-47859-1). Gr.1-3.<br>
Emma Lazarus, whose best-known poem was engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty, defied societal expectations for women in her day to become an accomplished poet and social justice activist.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Van Rynbach, Iris and Pegi Deitz Shea</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. The Taxing Case of
the Cows. Illus. by Emily Arnold McCully. 2010. 32p. Clarion/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99 (978-0-547-23631-5). K-Gr.3.<br>
Abby and Julia Smith fight against unfair property taxes on single women who could not vote in order to keep their cows and land.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Stauffacher, Sue.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Tillie the Terrible Swede: How one Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History. Illus. by Sarah McMenemy. 2011. Unpaged. Knopf, $17.99 (978-0-375-84442-3).
K-Gr.2.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Tillie Anderson dreams of riding a bicycle - but not like a lady! Tillie's dreams of the "speedy, scorchy, racy kind of riding" inspire her to create her own aerodynamic
cycling clothes and to compete in the first women's cycling races.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Zimmerman, Andrea</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Eliza’s Cherry Trees: Japan’s Gift to America. Illus.
by Ju Hong Chen. 2011. 32p. Pelican, $16.99 (9781589809543). Gr. 1-3.<br>
Eliza Scidmore had grand adventures traveling around the world. She worked for 20 years to bring beautiful Japanese cherry trees to Washington DC, fighting every obstacle that men put across her path.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Middle Readers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fiction<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Alban, Andrea</span></strong>. Anya’s War. 2011. 188p. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (9780312370930). Gr.5-9.
<br>
Forced to flee Odessa to Shanghai on the cusp of World War II, Anya copes with family expectations and cultural restraints on girls.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Collins, Pat Lowery.</b> Daughter of Winter. 2010. 272p. Candlewick Press, $16.99 (978-0-7636-4500-7). Gr.4-up.<br>
With her father away to strike it rich in the California Gold Rush, Addie must cope with the aftermath of the illness and deaths of her “Mama” Emmaline and little brother, Jack. She finds hidden strengths within herself along with a fierce desire for independence.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Friesner, Esther</span></strong>. Threads and Flames. 2010. 390p. Viking/ Penguin, $17.99 (978-0-670-01245-9). Gr.5-10.<br>
Raisa voyages to America to find her sister, embracing independence and newfound possibilities in spite of the trials and tragedies she encounters, including the monumental Triangle Factory fire.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hannigan, Katherine</span></strong>. True (. . . Sort Of). 2011. 359p. Greenwillow/ HarperCollins, $17.89 (978-0-06-196874-7). Gr.4-6.<br>
When Ferris arrives in town, Delly gets an unexpected “surpresent,” RB uncovers a beautiful “hummin bin,” and Brud Kinney learns to play basketball “like nothin’ nobody’s ever seen.” This unlikely trio must navigate Ferris’ sadness, silence, and wild nature
to discover what they have to offer each other.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hatke, Ben</span></strong>. Zita the Spacegirl. 2011. 183p. Roaring Brook Press/ First Second, $10.99 (978-1-59643-446-2). Gr.2-7.<br>
Zita leaps into space and new territory for a female superhero when she travels to a doomed planet to save her friend Joseph from an alien abductor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Howe, James</span></strong>. Addie on the Inside. 2011. 224p. Atheneum Books, $16.99 (978-1-4169-1384-9). Gr.5-8.<br>
Outspoken Addie struggles to define herself according to her own terms. She fights against bullying and oppression, and takes time to look inside herself to discover what it means to be a girl who’s a little bit different.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">MacColl, Michaela</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Promise the Night. 2011. 256p. Chronicle
Books, $16.99 (978-0-8118-7625-4). Gr.5-8.<br>
Growing up in British East Africa, Beryl hunts lions, trains as a warrior, and refuses to be a proper lady. She learns traditionally male skills after being adopted by a local tribe, becomes a successful horse trainer, and later a world-famous aviator.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Moulton, Erin E.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Flutter: The Story of Four Sisters and One Incredible
Journey. 2011. 200p. Philomel/ Penguin, $16.99 (978-0-399-25515-1). Gr.3-6.<br>
Maple and her sister embark on a dangerous quest in the wilderness hoping to find the Wise Woman of the Mountains, whose mystic powers could save a loved one’s life.</span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Neumeier, Rachel.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Floating Islands. 2011. 388p. Alfred A. Knopf, $16.99 (978-0-375-84705-9). Gr.5-10.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Trei and Araené dream of unconventional futures that defy cultural expectations. They call upon their unique abilities and unite forces when the floating
islands are attacked by a powerful rival country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pratchett, Terry.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">I Shall Wear Midnight. 2010. 368p. HarperCollins, $16.99 (978-0-061-43304-7). Gr.6-up.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Tiffany Aching, a teenage witch, must defeat the Cunning Man, a source of ancient evil, to save her community.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Reedy, Trent.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Words in the Dust. 2011. 264p. Arthur A. Levine,
$17.99 (978-0-545-26125-8). Gr.4-8.<br>
In a society that vilifies education for girls, Zulaika finds solace in the ancient poetry her mother loved. A developing friendship with her mother’s mentor and medical assistants from the American military combine with her growing knowledge to bring her new
options and an expanded world view. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Restrepo, Bettina</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Illegal. 2011. 256p. HarperCollins, $16.99.
(978-0-06-195342-2). Gr. 6-8.<br>
Nora and her mother smuggle themselves across the Mexico/Texas border in a mango truck. Once in the U.S., Nora procures an apartment, fake work papers, and jobs for them while struggling to adjust to life as an illegal immigrant and searching for her missing
father.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Venkatraman, Padma.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Island’s End. 2011. 228p. G.P. Putnam’s
Sons/ Penguin, $16.99 (978-0-399-25099-6). Gr. 4-up.<br>
Uido trains hard to become her tribe's first female spiritual leader in generations. She learns ways to heal her people and saves them from a natural disaster, even when they doubt and ridicule her abilities because she's a girl.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Whelan, Gloria</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Small Acts of Amazing Courage. 2011. 224p. Simon &
Schuster, $15.99 (978-1-442-40931-6). Gr. 4-7. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Rosalind was raised in a British colony in India. Her curiosity evolves into a social conscience which she can no longer ignore.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nonfiction</span></u></strong><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Adams, Carly. </span></strong> Queens of the Ice: They were Fast, They were Fierce, They were Teenage Girls. 2011. 131p. James Lorimer and Company, $9.95 (978-1-552-77720-6).
Gr.5-8. <br>
These hockey queens hip-check sexism in this fast paced profile of the Preston Rivulettes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Atwood, Kathryn J</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Women Heroes of World War II: 26 stories
of espionage, sabotage, resistance, and rescue. 2011. 272p. Chicago Review Press, $19.95 (978-1-556-52961-0). Gr. 6-up.<br>
Meet courageous women and girls who risked their lives to help defeat the Nazis. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bingham, Jane. </span></strong>Women at War: The Progressive Era, World War I and Women's Suffrage, 1900-1920. 2011. 64p. Chelsea House, $35.00 (978-1-604-13932-7). Gr. 4-10.<br>
This vivid presentation features the changes in women’s lives during this era.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bridges, Shirin Yim</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Hatshepsut of Egypt. Illus. by Albert
Nguyen. 2010. Unpaged. Goosebottom, $18.95 (978-0-984-50980-5). Gr.3-6.<br>
Daringly dressed in the same clothes worn by male Pharaohs, Hatshepsut increased Egypt’s influence and wealth, established new trade routes, and left a lasting legacy of progress.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bridges, Shirin Yim</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Isabella of Castile. Illus. by Albert
Nguyen. Unpaged. Goosebottom Books, $18.95 (978-0-984-50984-3). Gr.3-6.<br>
Strong and independent, Queen Isabella forged an equal marriage with Ferdinand and led Spain to become a world power.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bryant, Jill.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Dazzling Women Designers. 2010. Second Story Press,
$10.95 (978-1-897187-82-1). Gr.5-up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In a field traditionally dominated by men, these women designers have pioneered techniques and pursued artistic visions in many areas including: urban
planning, interior design, automotive design, landscape architecture, and robotics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Moss, Marissa</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds,
a Civil War Hero. 2011. 48p. Abrams, $18.95 (978-0-8109-9735-6). Gr. 3-6.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Escaping an arranged marriage, Sarah Emma Edmonds, disguised as a man, supported herself by working as a Civil War nurse, soldier, spy, and postman.
After revealing her secret, Edmonds was the first and only woman recognized as a veteran of the Civil War.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dagg, Carole E.</span></strong> The Year We Were Famous: Based on the True Story of Young Clara Estby’s Walk Across America. 2011. 250p. Clarion/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99
(978-0-618-99983-5). Gr.6-10. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 1896, Clara and her suffragist mother accept a challenge to walk across the United States to win $10,000 and save their family farm. Their endurance and fortitude change perceptions of women’s abilities and fashion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fleming, Candace</span></strong>. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart. 2011. 118p. Schwartz &Wade/ Random House, $18.99 (978-0-375-84198-9). Gr.3-7.<br>
This intriguing biography highlights feminist icon Amelia Earhart’s contribution to aviation history. Readers will discover interesting details about this adventurous spirit’s life and about the events surrounding her disappearance over the Pacific in 1937.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Gorman, Jacqueline Laks</span></strong>. The Modern Feminist Movement: Sisters Under the Skin, 1961-1979. 2011. 64p. Chelsea House, $35.00 (978-1-60413-935-8). Gr.5-up.<br>
Throughout this time period, feminists raised awareness of injustices and inequities historically experienced by women.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Macy, Sue</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to
Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way). 2011. National Geographic, $18.95 (978-1-4263-0761-4). Gr.5-up.<br>
Through vintage cartoons, photographs, and songs, women pedal toward equal rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Marrin, Albert</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Flesh and Blood so Cheap: The Triangle Factory Fire and its Legacy.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></strong>2011. 182p. Knopf, $19.99 (ISBN 978-0-375-86889-4). Gr.6-up. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">146 dead! - Find out what led up to the Triangle Factory Fire, as well as meeting some truly dynamic women like Rose Schneiderman, Triangle Factory
worker, union activist, and community organizer, and Francis Perkins, future Secretary of Labor, who conducts groundbreaking investigations for factory worker health and safety.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">McCaffrey, Paul</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: U.S. Supreme Court
Justice. 2010. 119p. Chelsea House, $35.00 (978-1-60413-6876). Gr.5-10.<br>
Ruth Bader Ginsburg provides steadfast support of women’s rights through the Women’s Rights Project and her work to provide justice for all on the Supreme Court.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">O’Connell, Caitlin and Donna M. Jackson</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. The Elephant Scientist.
Photographs by Timothy Rodwell. 2011. 70p. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (978-0-547-05344-8). Gr. 4-8.<br>
Stunning photographs and exciting new information about elephant behavior document the groundbreaking work of the “mother of all elephants,” smart, strong, and courageous Caitlin O’Connell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Rubin, Susan Goldman</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Wideness & Wonder: The Life and Art
of Georgia O’Keeffe. 2011. 117p. Chronicle Books, $16.99 (978-0-8118-6983-6). Gr.6-up.<br>
At a time when women had not made an impact on the art world, O'Keefe was the first woman to have a solo exhibition at New York's Museum of Art. Her innovative life and work exemplify her determination and vision regarding the magic of art and existence.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Senker, Cath.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Strength in Numbers: Industrialization and
Political Activism, 1861-1899. 2011. Chelsea House, $35.00 (978-1-6041-3931-0). Gr.5-up.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Suffrage. Abolition. Temperance. These movements gave women access to public forums to advocate for their interests and demand equal treatment under
the law. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Senker, Cath</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Women Claim the Vote: The Rise of the Women’s
Suffrage Movement 1828-1860. 2011. 64p. Chelsea House, $35.00 (978-1-60413-930-3). Gr.5-up.<br>
Meet the women who dared to fight for better working conditions, voting rights, the right to own property, and to wear practical clothing in the years leading up to the Civil War.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Shichtman, Sandra H</b>. Supreme Court Justices: Sonia Sotomayor. 2010. 111p. Morgan Reynolds, $28.95 (978-159935156-8). Gr.4-up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sonia Sotomayor charted her own course to fulfill her dream of becoming an investigative lawyer. Later, she overcame prejudice regarding her sex and race to become a justice on the Supreme Court.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Stout, Glenn.
</span></strong>Good Sports: Yes, She Can!. 2011. 116p. Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s, $5.99 (978-0-547-41725-7). Gr.4-6.<br>
>From Trude Ederly's landmark swim across the English Channel in 1926 to Danica Patrick's 2008 win of an Indy Racing League series, this book tells the stories of pioneering women who broke down barriers to compete on equal ground.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Young Adult<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fiction<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bradbury, Jennifer</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Wrapped. 2011. 309p. Atheneum/Simon and
Schuster, $16.99 (978-1-416-99007-9). Gr.7-up.<br>
Reluctant debutante Agnes stumbles upon an ancient Egyptian mystery that may provide the opportunity for her to prove herself and create a different future.<br>
<br>
</span><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bray, Libba.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Beauty Queens. 2011. 390p. Scholastic Press,
$18.99. (978-0-439-89597-2). Gr. 8-up.<br>
What happens when the Miss Teen Dream contestants are stranded on a desert island? They subvert their beauty queen skills to survive and thwart an evil corporate plot.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Chayil, Eishes.
</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Hush</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> 2010. 359p. Walker, $16.99 (ISBN 978-0-8027-2088-7). Gr.10- up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Young Gittel’s close-knit ultra-Orthodox community seems comforting until she witnesses a horrific act of violence against her best friend Devory.
Can she find the courage to speak up for her friend? More importantly, will her traditional community listen?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Chibbaro, Julie.
</span></strong>Deadly. 2011. 293p. Atheneum, $16.99 (978-0-689-85738-6). Gr.7-10.<br>
A mysterious outbreak of typhoid fever is sweeping New York. Could the city’s salvation rest with its most unlikely scientist, 16-year-old Prudence Galweski?<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Donnelly, Jennifer.
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Revolution. 2010. 496p. Delacorte/ Random House, $18.99 (978-0-385-73763-0). Gr.8-up.<br>
While Andi struggles with the impact of her brother’s death, she uncovers a surprising personal connection to history through Alex’s French Revolution Era diary. Both girls find liberation through the power of music.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Eagland, Jane</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Wildthorn. 2010. 352p. Houghton Mifflin, $16.00.
(978-0-547-37017-0). Gr.9-12.<br>
Excessive book reading, nursing an ambition to be a doctor, and self-assertiveness in the face of male authority land seventeen-year-old Louisa in an insane asylum. Through sheer will power and small kindnesses, she maintains her sanity and reclaims her life.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Goode, Laura</b>. Sister Mischief. 2011. 367p. Candlewick, $16.99 (978-0-763-64640-0). Gr.10-up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Esme Rockett and her all-girl hip-hop posse are out to shake up their suburban Minneapolis neighborhood. Taking their cue from hip-hop through the ages, including their favorite female MCs, they use their music to confront sexism, homophobia,
and racism, daring anyone in their path to doubt their skills. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Johnson, J.J. </b>This Girl is Different. 2011. 288p. Peachtree, $16.95 (978-1-561-45578-2). Gr.8-12.<br>
Evie leaves homeschooling and agitates for social justice and free speech in her new public high school. When things get out of hand and everyone turns on her, Evie perseveres to right the wrongs she set in motion and stands firm in her convictions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Jordan, Hillary</span></strong>. When She Woke. 2011. 344p. Algonquin, $24.95 (978-1-561-2629-9). Gr. 10-up.<br>
Hannah Payne awakens in a cell with chemically altered red skin, stigmatizing her choice to have an abortion. She struggles to cope with her new reality and her increasing alienation from the world she previously inhabited.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Kirkpatrick, Jane. </b>The Daughter’s Walk. 2011. 385p. WaterBrook, $14.99 (978-1-400-07429-7). Gr.9-up.<br>
Clara and her mother make an historic walk from Washington State to New York City in 1896 in an attempt to save their farm from foreclosure. After tragedy and heartbreak, Clara learns a new trade and achieves an unusual level of independence in association
with other women.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Levine, Ellen</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. In Trouble. 2011. 200p. Carolrhoda Lab, $17.95
(978-0-761-36558-7). Gr.8-up.<br>
Jamie and Elaine are best friends, juniors in high school, and “in trouble,” a chilling account of a time (not so long ago) when pregnant teens were ostracized and unable to obtain reliable medical care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Lo, Malina.
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Huntress. 2011. 384p. Little Brown, $17.99 (978-0-316-04007-5). Gr.8-up.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The fate of the human realm rests in the hands of two seventeen-year-old girls, Kaede and Taisin. They embark on a treacherous and unprecedented journey
to seek the help of the Fairy Queen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Okorafor, Nnedi.</span></strong> Akata Witch. 2011. Viking/ Penguin. $17.99 (978-0-670-01196-4). Gr.7-up.<br>
Sunny seeks to discover herself and uncover her mystical connection to the mysterious Nigerian Leopard community. As her power grows, so does her ability to stand with her friends against an ancient and terrifying evil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pierce, Tamora.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Mastiff. 2011. 608p. Random House, $18.99 (978-0-375-81470-9). Gr.8-up.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">In the course of her Hunt to recover a kidnapped prince, Beka Cooper challenges the belief systems of many in her world,
and creates unexpected change that will rock the foundations of her society.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Resau, Laura and Maria Virginia Farinango</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Queen of Water. 2011. 368p.
Delacorte/Random House, $16.99. 978-0-385-73897-2. Gr.7-up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">At age seven, Virginia is taken away from her small Ecuadorean village to work for a middle-class couple. She survives years of abuse, living on the
hope that one day, she will achieve liberation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Roth, Veronica.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Divergent. 2011. 496p. Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99
(978-0-0620-2402-2). Gr.9-12.<br>
In this brutal tale set in futuristic Chicago, teens are placed into factions based on their “talents.” Tris chooses to leave the safety of her selfless Abnegation faction to join the Dauntless. Through willpower and strength, she transforms herself and determines
her own future.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Vaughn, Carrie.
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Steel. 2011. 294p. HarperTeen, $16.99 (978-0-06-154791-1). Gr. 7-9.<br>
Jill, a champion fencer, travels back in time after finding the tip of an old rapier on a Caribbean beach. Befriended by pirate captain Margery Cooper, she learns about honor and displays courage and cunning in an attempt to return home.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Whitney, Daisy</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. The Mockingbirds. 2010. 335p. Little, Brown
and Company, $16.99 (978-0-3160-9053-7). Gr.10-12.<br>
Alex, a student at Themis Academy, is sexually assaulted during a date with a popular boy. When Alex's plight is ignored by the faculty, she fights to reclaim her self-esteem and her voice through the justice of The Mockingbirds, a secret student society dedicated
to righting wrongs.<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wilkinson, Lili.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Pink. 2011. 310p. HarperTeen, $16.99 (978-0-0619-2653-2).
Gr. 9-12. <br>
Ava, a 16-year-old Goth lesbian, secretly wants to try out being “normal” and transfers to another school to debut a new pink-wearing, boy-dating persona.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wolf, Kristen.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Way. 2011. 361p. Crown Publishers, $25.00 (978-0-307-71769-6). Gr.10-up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anna lives in a world where a daughter is a disappointment and women are devalued. Forced to present herself as a boy to survive, she embarks on an unexpected journey, discovering the mystical powers of the Great Mother and becoming a prophet(ess)
leading many people back to the Way.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Yang, Dori Jones</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Daughter of Xanadu. Illus. By Stephen Yang.
2011. 352p. Delacorte, $17.99 (978-0-3857-3923-8). Gr.8-10. Skilled in the manly arts of warfare, Emmajin earns a place in her grandfather the Great Kahn's army. With experience and time, her goals transform from conquest to compassion.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Baumgardner, Jennifer.</span></strong> F’em : Goo Goo, Gaga, and Some Thoughts On Balls. 2011. Seal Press, $17.00 (978-1-5800-5360-0). Gr.10-up.<br>
Provocative essays and interviews address evolving views of feminism, reproductive justice, and gender roles.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Brzezinski, Mika</b>. Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You’re Worth. 2011. 194p. Weinstein Books, $22.95 (978-1-60286-134-3). Gr.11-up.<br>
On average, women make only seventy-seven cents for every dollar earned by a man. Brzezinski gives advice on how to fight for equal financial compensation to which women are entitled.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Coleman, Penny</span></strong>. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship that Changed the World. 2011. 272p. Henry Holt/Macmillan, $18.99 (978-0-8050-8293-7). Gr.7-up.<br>
In 1851, a serendipitous meeting of these two women began a friendship that altered the course of women’s history.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Donda, Victoria.
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">My Name is Victoria: The Extraordinary Story of one Woman’s Struggle to Reclaim Her True Identity. 2011. 272p. Other Press, $15.95 (978-1-590-51404-7). Gr.10-up.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Currently the youngest member of the Argentine Congress, Victoria Donda discovered that her biological parents were
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">desaparecidos, political prisoners murdered</span></em> by the military dictatorship in Argentina. Victoria reclaims her identity and perpetuates their activist legacy.</span><strong><o:p></o:p></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Gbowee, Leymah and Carol Mithers</b>. <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War</span></strong><b>.
</b>2011. 246p. Beast Books, $25.99 (978-0984-295-159). Gr.11-up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nobel Peace Prize winning activist Leymah Gbowee documents her journey from abuse victim to grass-roots peace maker, proving that sisterhood can heal a nation at war.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Knight, Louise W.
</span></strong>Jane Addams: Spirit in Action. 2010. 334p. W.W. Norton & Co., $28.95 (978-0-393-07165-8). Gr.11-up.<br>
Jane Addams grows from a sheltered daughter of a senior statesman into a world renowned advocate for human rights, peace, and suffrage in the face of great opposition.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters,
One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe. 2011. 256p. HarperCollins, $24.99 (978-0-06-173237-9). Gr.7-up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">When the Taliban take control of Kabul, life for the city’s people – especially its women – changes overnight. Enterprising and ingenious, Kamila finds
a way for her family to survive and empowers other women to achieve economic independence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Lloyd, Rachel. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Girls Like Us. 2011. 277p. HarperCollins, $24.99 (9780061582059). Gr.11-up.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Lloyd uses her own experience and strength to fight fiercely for the rights of sexually exploited girls.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Marcus, Sara</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot
Grrrl Revolution. 2010. 335p. Harper Perennial, $14.99 (978-0-06-180636-0). Gr.10-up.<br>
Dismantle sexism! Honor Individualism! Take up Space! The Riot Grrl Movement of the 1990s invited every girl everywhere to realize that she is a radical feminist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mire, Soraya.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">The Girl With Three Legs. 2011. 375p. Lawrence Hill Books, $26.95 (978-1-56976-713-9). Gr.11-up.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Mire survives genital mutilation with the courage to empower others as an activist to end this devastation around the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Molinary, Rosie.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance. 2010. 440p. Seal Press, $16.95 (978-1-5800-5331-0). Gr.9-up.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Embark on a yearlong journey of care and compassion for yourself and others.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Murphy, Larry G.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Sojourner Truth: A Biography. 2011. 171p. ABC-Clio/ Greenwood, $35.00 (978-0-313-35728-2). Gr.10-up.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all her one lone, all these together ought
to be able to turn it right side up again.” This eloquent biography records the life of Sojourner Truth, an escaped slave, who evolved into one of the most influential crusaders for women's rights, abolition, and racial equality in the 19th century.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Redfern, Christine & Caro Caron.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Who is Ana Mendieta?. 2011.
84p. The Feminist Press, $18.95 (978-1-5586-1703-2). Gr.10-12.<br>
This visually arresting look at Ana Mendieta’s life and work confronts attitudes about violence towards women in the academic and art worlds.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Staal, Stephanie</span></strong>. Reading Women. 2011. 275p. Perseus Books/PublicAffairs, $15.99 (978-1-586-48872-7). Gr.10-up.
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<p class="MsoNormal">How do life changes impact the interpretation of iconic feminist texts? Do college students today respond to them and define feminism differently than their predecessors did? Staal gains insight into these questions when she returns to
her alma mater and studies alongside current students.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Williams, Joan</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. Reshaping the Work-Family Debate. 2010. 304p. Harvard
University Press, $29.95 (978-0-6740-5567-4). Gr.10-12.<br>
Without instrumental change in workplace culture and government policy, true gender equality will never exist.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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