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• Little Fortress

  a Novel

  Rosnau, Laisha, 1972-

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  Adult - In this captivating and intricate novel Laisha Rosnau introduces us to three women, each of whom is storied enough to have their own novel and who, together, make for an unforgettable tale.

• Milk and Honey

  Kaur, Rupi,

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  Adult - Milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival; about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.

• Girlhood

  Essays

  Febos, Melissa,

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  Adult - Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny.

• The Soul of a Woman

  on Impatient Love, Long Life, and Good Witches

  Allende, Isabel,

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  Adult - The author describes her lifelong commitment to feminism in a meditation on what it means to be a woman, discussing progress within the movement in her lifetime, what remains to be done, and how to move forward in the future.

• Girl, Woman, Other

  Evaristo, Bernardine, 1959-

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  Adult - Girl, Woman, Other is a celebration of the diversity of Black British experience. Moving, hopeful, and inventive, this extraordinary novel is a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and the legacy of Britain's colonial history…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's

  Midge, Tiffany, 1965-

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  Adult - Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's is a powerful and inviting collection of Tiffany Midge's musings on life, politics, and identity as a Native woman in modern America.

• Women Talking

  a Novel

  Toews, Miriam, 1964-

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  Adult - he novel is based on real events that happened between 2005 and 2009 in a remote Mennonite community where more than 100 girls and women were drugged unconscious and raped in the night by what they were told were "ghosts" or "demons".

• Hunger

  a Memoir of (my) Body

  Gay, Roxane,

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  Adult - From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.

• When You Ask Me Where I'm Going

  Kaur, Jasmin,

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  Adult - Delving into current cultural conversations including sexual assault, mental health, feminism, and immigration, this narrative of resilience, healing, empowerment, and love will galvanize readers to fight for what is right in their world

• We Set the Dark on Fire

  Mejia, Tehlor Kay,

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  Teen - A society wife-in-training has an uncomfortable awakening about her strictly polarized society after being recruited into a band of rebel spies and falling for her biggest rival.

• Girl Mans Up

  Girard, M-E.,

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  Teen - Pen, who looks and acts like a boy, just wants is to be the kind of girl she is always been, but the people in her life have a problem with it? Old-world parents, faltering friendships, and strong feelings toward other girls lead Pen to see…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Girl Like That

  Bhathena, Tanaz,

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  Teen - In Saudi Arabia, sixteen-year-old Zarin is the class troublemaker and top subject for the school rumor blogs. She also wants to move out of her aunt and uncle's house, perhaps realizing too late that Porus, who faces deportation but remains…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pet

  Emezi, Akwaeke,

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  Teen - In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.

• Speak

  the Graphic Novel

  Anderson, Laurie Halse,

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  Teen - A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

• Audacious

  Prendergast, Gabrielle,

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  Teen - When her father moves their family to a small prairie city, sixteen-year-old rebellious artist Raphaelle decides to make a new start. Reborn as "Ella," she tries to fit in at her new school, but something from her past threatens to destroy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Smile

  Telgemeier, Raina,

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  School Age - An autobiography in graphic novel format describes how the author lost two of her front teeth in an accident when she was twelve, and her subsequent struggles with various corrective dental techniques throughout adolescence.

• Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret

  Blume, Judy,

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  School Age - Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

• Dragons and Marshmallows

  Citro, Asia,

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  School Age - A girl, Zoey, and her cat, Sassafras, use science experiments to help a dragon with a problem.

• Beezus and Ramona

  Cleary, Beverly,

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  School Age - Beezus keeps busy following her younger sister around and trying to prevent trouble.

• Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

  100 Tales of Extraordinary Women

  Favilli, Elena,

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  School Age - Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children's book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the life of 100 extraordinary women from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 female artists from all over the world.