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The Dinosaur Expert
by Margaret McNamara
Future scientist Kimmy eagerly shares information about dinosaurs during a school field trip until classmate Jake tells her "girls aren't scientists," but Mr. Tiffin sets her straight.
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Counting on Katherine
by Helaine Becker
A picture book introduction to the boundary-breaking mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race describes how a numbers-loving young Katherine Johnson became an American icon who calculated the course of moon landings and was integral in saving lives during the Apollo 13 mission.
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The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca
Recounts to true story of Raye Montague, a gifted female African American mathematician and engineer whose perseverance in the face of sexism and racism during the 1940s-‘70s earned her well-deserved praise as a pioneer who changed the course of ship design forever.
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Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel
by Lisa Pliscou
A literary picture book introducing the life and achievements of groundbreaking female novelist Jane Austen describes how she refused to settle into the status quo and how she transitioned from reading the books that were available to women in her era to writing stories about empowered women.
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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
by Margot Lee Shetterly
A lavishly illustrated picture book adaptation of the inspiring story of the four brilliant mathematicians who were pivotal to the success of America's space program, written by one of their associates, describes how they overcame the harsh limitations imposed on black women in the segregated 1960s.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
by Lisbeth Kaiser
Presents information about Emmeline Pankhurst who fought for women's right to vote and inspired others to demonstrate, go on hunger strikes, and protest for the cause.
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Malala's Magic Pencil
by Malala Yousafzai
A first picture book by history's youngest Nobel Prize laureate describes how as a child in Pakistan she wished for a magic pencil to make others happy and to make her home cleaner and safer before she learned how to make positive changes without magic.
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Two Friends : Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
by Dean Robbins
Sharing time regularly over tea to discuss their views about equality, civil rights activists and good friends Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony exchange the stories that motivate their goals in a story inspired by a statue in their hometown of Rochester, New York.
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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy
A picture book portrait of the celebrated Supreme Court justice traces her achievements through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment and human rights injustice.
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Amelia Earhart
by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara
An introduction to the life and achievements of the famed American pilot describes her childhood ambitions to fly and the daring trip around the world during which she disappeared.
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Interstellar Cinderella
by Deborah Underwood
Preparing to fly to the ball with a little help from her fairy godrobot, Cinderella, a talented innovator, zooms to the rescue when the prince's ship has mechanical trouble.
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I am Lucille Ball
by Brad Meltzer
A conversational introduction to the life and achievements of iconic comedienne Lucille Ball while offering insights into how humor can enrich life.
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Rosie Revere, Engineer
by Andrea Beaty
Hiding her prowess as a talented inventor by day, at night Rosie resolves to complete her great-great-aunt Rose's (aka Rosie the Riveter) unfinished flying contraption and is temporarily discouraged when the invention hovers instead of flies, a seeming failure that Aunt Rose encourages her to recognize as an amazing success.
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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel
An engagingly illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.
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Takedown
by Laura Shovan
Told in separate voices, sixth-graders Mikayla, a wrestler like her brothers, and Lev, part of the Fearsome Threesome, become good wrestling partners and friends, but there can be only one winner at the State competition.
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The Cardboard Kingdom
by Chad Sell
A team of neighbor kids use their imaginations and creativity to transform cardboard materials into fantastical homemade costumes that help them navigate conflicts with friends, family and their own identities, in a collaborative graphic novel.
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Betty Before X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
A powerful middle-grade novel about the childhood activism of Malcolm X's wife, written by their daughter, describes how young Betty finds confidence and purpose by volunteering for the Housewives League in 1945 Detroit, learning skills and developing awareness that inspires her future as a Civil Rights icon.
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Amal Unbound
by Aisha Saeed
Forced to leave school to care for her siblings in accordance with Pakistani village tradition, a disappointed Amal suffers an accidental run-in with the son of a corrupt landlord and is forced into indentured servitude. Witnessing to her master's nefarious dealings compels Amal to make risky alliances in support of change.
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Little Leaders : Bold Women in Black History
by Vashti Harrison
A biographical reference by a debut author and illustrator is based on her popular Instagram posts and shares the stories of 40 African-American women who shaped history.
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Ahimsa
by Supriya Kelkar
Gandhi asks for one member of each family to join the fight for independence from the British, and when ten-year-old Anjali's mother is jailed for doing so, Anjali must step out of her comfort zone to take over her mother's work
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Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
by Diane Stanley
A picture book introduction to the life and achievements of computer programming pioneer Ada Lovelace describes her relationship with her poet father, Lord Byron, and her mathematical-genius mother, Annabella, and the creative ideas that inspired her work a century before the digital age.
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Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth
by Barb Rosenstock
A poetic introduction to the life and achievements of a founder of documentary photography describes the disability that inspired Dorothea Lange's photography career and her efforts to raise awareness about the unseen victims of the Great Depression.
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Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible
by Ursula Vernon
Never a conventional princess, Harriet becomes an adventurer after learning she is cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her 12th birthday, but after two years of slaying ogres, cliff-diving and more, things go awry at home and she must seek a prince to set things right.
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Who is Dolly Parton?
by True Kelley
Traces the life of Dolly Parton from her childhood of poverty in the Great Smoky Mountains to her stardom as a performer and songwriter.
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Flying Solo: How Ruth Elder Soared into America's Heart
by Julie Cummins
An introduction to the life and barrier-breaking achievements of the lesser-known aviatrix traces her beliefs about the equal capabilities of women, her efforts to become the first woman to fly across Atlantic Ocean and her high-profile rescue at sea.
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Crush
by Svetlana Chmakova
When the group dynamic among Jorge's friends starts to shift, he must learn to balance what his friends expect of him and what he really wants.
This title can be found in the Teen Graphic Novel section of the library.
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Pashmina
by Nidhi Chanani
When Priyanka finds a mysterious pashmina in her house, she is transported to an India which may or may not be real. The pashmina takes her in search of the reason why her mother left her homeland and the father she has never met.
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world.
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Speak: The Graphic Novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
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Girl Made of Stars
by Ashley Herring Blake
Torn between loyalties when her beloved twin brother is accused of rape, Mara struggles with a changing sense of right and wrong as well as strained relations with her ex-girlfriend before she is forced to face a trauma from her own past.
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A Heart in a Body in the World
by Deb Caletti
Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.
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American Panda
by Gloria Chao
Struggling with guilt stemming from her parents' cultural expectations about her future as a proper wife and doctor, a 17-year-old Taiwanese-American college freshman hides the truth about her germ phobia and her crush on a Japanese classmate before reconnecting with her brother, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman.
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As the Crow Flies
by Melanie Gillman
When thirteen year-old lesbian African American Charlie questions her belief in God, she spends a week at an all-white Christian youth camp for some soul searching.
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Blood Water Paint
by Joy McCullough
In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.
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Sadie
by Courtney Summers
Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance.
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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves: An Anthology
by Glory Edim
The founder of the popular online book club curates a collection of original essays from today's best black female voices, including Jesmyn Ward, Lynn Nottage, Jacqueline Woodson, Gabourey Sidibe, Morgan Jerkins, Tayari Jones and Rebecca Walker.
Please note: This book can be found in the Adult Nonfiction section.
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Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
by Isabel Quintero
A blending of photographs and illustrations trace the life and work of Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide, who embarked on a journey across Mexico and the world.
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Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead
by Cecile Richards
The president of Planned Parenthood and daughter of the late Texas Governor Ann Richards shares the story of her lifetime spent fighting for women's rights and social justice, offering insight into her work as a labor organizer, the challenges of balancing her career with her family responsibilities and her views about the importance of taking risks, making mistakes and standing up for what is right.
Please note: This book can be found in the Adult Nonfiction section.
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Girl Rising : Changing the World One Girl at a Time
by Tanya Lee Stone
A companion to the powerful documentary about educating girls around the world draws on new research to illuminate the dramatic facts behind the film, exploring challenges ranging from child marriage and slavery to sex trafficking, gender discrimination and poverty.
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Piecing Me Together
by Renée Watson
Tired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls.
*This book can be found in the Teen High (TH) section of the library.
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Saints and Misfits
by S. K. Ali
Struggling to secure her identity as an Arab Indian-American hijabi teen who loves pop culture and aspires to a career in photography, Janna Yusuf falls for a boy she cannot date and considers exposing a person with a monstrous nature who is pretending to be a saint in their tightknit Muslim community.
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The Lie Tree
by Frances Hardinge
Concealing her curious nature behind the façade of a dull and respectable young lady, Faith acquires secrets gleaned from her inability to resist mysteries and resolves to avenge the murder of her scandal-fleeing scientist father.
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear
by E. K Johnston
A head cheerleader in a tiny community where cheerleading is the school's primary sport dedicates herself to her team only to wake up after being drugged to discover that she has been raped and become pregnant as a result, a situation that is further complicated by local attitudes.
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Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina
Enduring the infamous New York summer of 1977 in the wake of arson fires, a massive blackout and the Son of Sam serial killings, 17-year-old Nora Lopez navigates the additional stresses of her family's limited finances, her father's absence and her brother's growing violence.
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American Girls
by Alison Umminger
Stealing her mother's credit card and running away from her difficult life to Los Angeles, 15-year-old Anna discovers that B-list show business is less exciting than imagined before engrossing herself in a research project about the murderous Manson girls.
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Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCallIn an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.
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Mechanica
by Betsy Cornwell
A retelling of Cinderella about an indomitable inventor-mechanic who finds her prince but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all.
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Princeless, Book One: Save Yourself
by Jeremy Whitley
Rather than wait for a Prince to save her, Princess Adrienne recruits her pet dragon Sparky to help her save her sisters and herself.
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These Shallow Graves
by Jennifer Donnelly
A young woman in 19th-century New York City must struggle against gender and class boundaries when her father is found dead of a supposed suicide that she believes is more than meets the eye, but in order to uncover the truth, she will have to decide how much she is willing to risk and lose.
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The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
by Sonia Manzano
It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated--and dangerous.
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