2026 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 has been promoting quality feminist literature for young readers since 2002 as a part of the Feminist Task Force and the Social Responsibilities Round Table.
The Rise 2026 committee would like to begin with an acknowledgement of and gratitude for the labor that came before us in feminist movements. These books celebrate the moment when internal confidence transforms into external power and honor the history of women who refused to be silent.
“Brown girl, brown girl, / what did you do? / I fought, I hoped, / I spoke what was true.” (Honoré, Brown Girl, Brown Girl)
But speaking truth is rarely a solitary act. This year, the committee placed a heavy emphasis on solidarity. We looked for stories that remind us of the power found in community and collective support.
“I can be what I want. But I can’t do it by myself.” (Coats, The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls)
Many of the figures featured in these titles were told they couldn’t achieve their dreams because of their gender, but they defied those expectations and achieved greatness:
”She had always known she could / learn anything, / do anything, / and be anything.” (Swanson, Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding)
The books on our list uplift the stories of girls, women, trans, and non-binary folks who refuse to let the patriarchy dictate their lives; instead, they chart their own paths and define their own dreams.
“Feminism is being exactly who you want to be because you want it for yourself.” (Callans, Ollie in Between)
Recognizing the countless voices who have been silenced, we celebrate those who have found their voice and have been empowered to use it.
“We are girls like never before, / Speaking out more and more, / Because when our quiet is broken, / The world must hear us roar.” (Gorman, Girls on the Rise)
That roar is backed by competence. We prioritized stories of those who commanded respect not just through their words, but through their undeniable skill and intellect.
“But now you have to decide what to do / with your fire, mija, and how to harness it.” (Mendez, The Story of My Anger)
We believe in transforming anger into purposeful action and meaningful change. The Rise 2026 list asks: What will you do?
“Brown girl, brown girl, / what will you do? / March, fight, and create / till I make this world new.” (Honoré, Brown Girl, Brown Girl)
Committee:
Vicki Pietrus, (co-chair), Niles West High School, Skokie, IL; Ari Nussbaum, (co-chair), Hayward Public Library, Hayward, CA; Suzan Alteri, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL; Raynelda A. Calderon, Queens Public Library, Corona, NY; Rachel Chapman, New York City Public Schools, New York, NY; Kim Dare, Retired High School Librarian, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA; Whitney Etchison, Severn School, Severna Park, MD; Stephanie E. Mahar, Washington State University, WA; Shaunterria Owens, North Miami Public Library, North Miami, FL; Marta Monforte Perez, Dover Court International School, Singapore; and Sara Beth West, Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN.
2026 Booklist from Rise: A Feminist Book Project
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book is one of our Top Ten Titles.
Early Readers: Fiction
Bingham, Winsome. Missing Momma. Illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell. Abrams/Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024. (9781419761553) 4-8.
Inspired by a true story, a young child welcomes her mom back home from an army deployment only to realize she is not the same woman who left.
Boukarim, Leila. Mariam’s Dream: The Story of Mariam Al-Shaar and Her Food Truck of Hope. Illustrated by Sona Avedikian. Chronicle Books, 2025. (9781797222332) 5-9.
A Palestinian refugee in Lebanon starts a food truck business with the other women in her camp.
Chen, Katrina and Elaine Su. A Stronger Home. Illustrated by Delphie Côté-Lacroix. Orca, 2025. (9781459836815) 5-7.
A mother and son escape an abusive home in this picture book about domestic violence.
Dick, Emily Lauren. I Love Me from A to Z. Illustrated by Mimi Moffie. Familius, 2024. (9781641709712) 0-4.
This board book encourages young children to celebrate their unique abilities, voices, and bodies and to recognize their intrinsic worth.
*Gorman, Amanda. Girls on the Rise. Illustrated by Loveis Wise. Penguin Random House/Viking, 2025. (9780593624180) 4-8.
A beautifully illustrated poem celebrating girls fighting for liberation, freedom, and respect in the past, present, and future.
*Honoré, Leslé. Brown Girl, Brown Girl. Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera. Hachette/Little, Brown, 2024. (9780316314039) 3-8.
An illustrated poem celebrating the power that brown girls have to realize their dreams and celebrate joy in everything they do.
Kol, Carly. Let’s Talk About Abortion. Illustrated by Emulsify. Interlink Publishing Group Inc./Crocodile Books, 2025. (9781623716202) 5-10.
This matter-of-fact picture book allows caregivers to have age-appropriate, judgment-free conversations with children about abortions.
Malik, Shehzil. The Biker Girls. Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen Books, 2025. (9780593324936) 5-9.
Empowering tale about girls biking around a city in Pakistan when it is not acceptable to do so.
Mepani, Kusum. Meena’s Saturday. Illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail. Penguin Random House/Kokila, 2024. (9780593110317) 5-9.
After questioning why women and girls must do all the work while the men and boys relax, Meena, an Indian girl, takes steps to change it.
Rendon, Marcie. Stitches of Tradition (Gashkigwaaso Tradition). Illustrated by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. HarperCollins/Heartdrum, 2024. (9780063218680) 4-7.
A young girl and her grandmother age together as they create ribbon skirts for different ceremonies and traditions.
Tourmaline. One Day in June: A Story Inspired by the Life and Activism of Marsha P. Johnson. Illustrated by Charlot Kristensen. Penguin Random House/G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9780593525371) 4-8.
Young readers learn that showing up for and celebrating each other can change the world in this picture book inspired by Marsha P. Johnson’s life and activism.
Yum, Hyewon. A Spoonful of the Sea. W.W. Norton/Norton Young Readers, 2025. (9781324053699) 4-8.
A young Korean girl celebrates her birthday with savory seaweed soup as she learns about haenyeo— her maternal ancestors’ traditional way of harvesting seaweed and shellfish.
Early Readers: Nonfiction
Abbas, Marzieh. Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect: The True Story of Pakistan’s First Woman Architect. Illustrated by Hoda Hadadi. HarperCollins/Clarion, 2024. (9780063285156) 5-8.
Biography of Yasmeen Lari, an architect who broke boundaries by designing landmarks in Pakistan and advocating for historical buildings and sustainable architecture.
Brown, Monica. She Persisted: Dolores Huerta. Illustrated by Gillian Flint. Penguin Random House/Philomel Books, 2024. (9780593623572) 7-10.
Chapter book biography of labor activist and feminist Dolores Huerta.
Conrad, Vicki. Introducing Sandwina: The Strongest Woman in the World!. Illustrated by Jeremy Holmes. Astra Books for Young Readers/Calkins Creek, 2024. (9781662680151) 7-10.
Katie Brumbach broke barriers as a physically strong performer while fighting for women’s suffrage and challenging gender norms.
Cortez, Rio. The ABCs of Women’s History. Illustrated by Lauren Semmer. Hachette/Workman Kids, 2025. (9781523523290) 6-11.
This energetic ode to women who have broken down barriers will broaden children’s understanding of what has come before and inspire them to claim their own voices.
*Crull, Kelly. The Black Mambas: The World’s First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit. Lerner/Millbrook Press, 2025. (9798765627259) 5-8.
A photographic picture book documenting the all-woman anti-poaching unit in South Africa that patrols a nature reserve without weapons in order to protect endangered and trafficked animals.
Gresham, Jacci and Sherry Fellores. Make Your Mark: The Empowering True Story of the First Known Black Female Tattoo Artist. Illustrated by David Wilkerson. Penguin Random House/Dial Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9780593618363) 5-9.
Small vignettes tell the story of how Jacci Greshem became one of the first Black female tattoo artists.
Slade, Suzanne. Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon. Illustrated by Molly Magnell. Charlesbridge, 2025. (9781623543952) 6-9.
Short biography anthology of 12 women who worked in the NASA Space Program.
Stone, Cheyenne M. and Glenda Armand. Toypurina: Japchivit Leader, Medicine Woman, Tongva Rebel. Illustrated by Katie Dorame. Little Bee Books, 2024. (9781499814668) 4-8.
Tongva medicine woman, Toypurina, gathers support to lead a resistance movement against the Spanish colonizers who built Mission San Gabriel near her village of Japchivit in California.
Swanson, Jennifer. Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding. Illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison. Little, Brown/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2024. (9780316565486) 3-7.
Biography of Raye Montague that highlights the obstacles facing an African American woman who wants to be an engineer.
Tracy, Elizabeth. Mystery Driver: The Story of Alice Johnson and the First Soap Box Derby. Illustrated by Anna Aronson. Candlewick/MIT Kids Press, 2025. (9781536231571) 5-8.
The inspiring true story of Alice Johnson who defied gender norms in the 1930s by building a soap box race car to compete in a boys-only derby.
Wallace, Sandra Neil. Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2025. (9781534493339) 8-11.
The story of Ursula Marvin, a barrier-breaking geologist, who became the first woman to search for meteorites in Antarctica.
Westergaard, Azadeh. The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar. Penguin Random House/Viking Books for Young Readers, 2024. (9780593114636) 4-8.
Combining collage art and lyrical text, this picture book illustrates the impact of Iranian singer and actress Googoosh, especially after the silencing of women’s voices during the 1979 Revolution.
*Yasuda, Anita. Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains. Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. HarperCollins/Clarion, 2024. (9780063242418) 4-9.
Junko Tabei, the first known woman to reach Mount Everest’s summit, inspired women around the world to climb, and climbers everywhere to be mindful of protecting their environment.
Middle Grade: Fiction
Abbas, Marzieh. Aarzu All Around. Simon & Schuster/Salaam Reads, 2025. (9781665970419) 9-13.
Aarzu, a Pakistani girl, defies the norms and patriarchal expectations that society and family impose on her while trying to find her path.
Atkins, Jeannine. Green Promises: Girls Who Love Science. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9781665950572) 10-14.
A lyrical novel in verse celebrating three pioneering women—Mary Agnes Chase, Marguerite Thomas Williams, and Sophie Mack Lutterlough—who defied odds to pursue science and protect the natural world.
Benedict, Marie and Courtney Sheinmel. The Secrets of Lovelace Academy. Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, 2025. (9781665950213) 8-13.
When Lainey enrolls in Lovelace Academy, a girls’ school focused on science and math, she faces challenges, including how to support the groundbreaking scientist Mileva Marić, wife of Albert Einstein.
*Callans, Jess. Ollie In Between. Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends, 2025. (9781250331342) 10-14.
Unsure of their gender identity, Ollie uses a school assignment as an opportunity to interview women about what womanhood means to them—but their answers only lead to more questions.
Coats, J. Anderson. The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9781665968614) 9-13.
Sylvia escapes the gender expectations of early 20th century Colorado and her immigrant Slovenian parents while trying to find her own way in the world.
Copeland, Cynthia L. Drive. Coloring by Ronda Pattison. Workman/Algonquin Young Readers, 2025. (9781523527250) 9-14.
A fictionalized portrayal of pioneering race car driver Janet Guthrie intertwines with a contemporary 12-year-old car enthusiast’s story, underscoring the challenges women taking nontraditional paths continue to face.
Dee, Barbara. Tear This Down. Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, 2025. (9781665917674) 9-14.
When middle-schooler Freya learns the abolitionist for whom her town is named did not support women’s suffrage, she raises awareness about the issue and spotlights overlooked women.
Haley, Erin Moonyeen. Miss Liberty. HarperCollins/Storytide, 2025. (9780063360013) 8-13.
Twelve-year-old Savvy learns that there’s a fine line between tradition and complacency when her older sister uses the Miss Liberty platform to advocate for social change.
Husted, Ursula Murray. Botticelli’s Apprentice. HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books, 2025. (9780063157934) 9-13.
A young girl who works in Botticelli’s workshop longs to be an artist and apprentice to the great artist.
Mangan, Kelly. Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough. Holiday House, 2025. (9780823458288) 10-14.
Boys’ sports rule at Maeve’s new middle school. With the administration perpetuating an environment of misogyny, Maeve and her friends form the Super Agitator Squad to fight for change.
Mukwa, Cameron. The Ribbon Skirt. Scholastic/Graphix, 2024. (9781338843255) 9-14.
An Anishinaabe child, Anang, works to embrace their two-spirit identity by wearing a ribbon skirt after facing insults and bias for expressing their gender identity.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel. Illustrated by Sharee Miller. HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books, 2025. (9780062935588) 8-12.
In 1968 Oakland, CA, three sisters reunite with their activist mother. Amid political turmoil, they discover the power of their own voices, identities, and emerging leadership.
Middle Grade: Nonfiction
Kelly, Erin Entrada. At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom. HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books, 2025. (9780063218901) 9-13.
Joey Guerrero joined the guerrilla movement, fought for freedom, and advocated for those who suffered in the Philippines during the Second World War.
Young Adult: Fiction
Armstrong, Kate J. Fyrebirds. Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen Books, 2024. (9780593463307) 14-18.
The four former Nightbirds must unite again to save girls with magic who are used to perfect a drug that will take away their free will.
*Atkins, Marcie Flinchum. One Step Forward. HarperCollins/Versify, 2025. (9780063339316) 13-18.
Matilda Young persists in the fight for women’s suffrage in this fictionalized account of the youngest activist arrested for picketing the White House in 1917.
Bennett, Alanna. The Education of Kia Greer. Penguin Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. (9780593806104) 14-18.
Reality TV star Kia Greer questions the pressures from celebrity life while falling in love and considering whether she can pursue college despite her fame.
Berry, Julie. If Looks Could Kill. Simon & Schuster/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9781534470811) 14-18.
Berry’s historical novel brims with righteous anger at violence against women– from the headline-catching Jack the Ripper murders to the countless women whose poverty and social vulnerability makes them targets.
Boulley, Angeline. Sisters in the Wind. Macmillan/Henry Holt and Company, 2025. (9781250328533) 14-18.
Desperately trying to escape a dark past, Ojibwe teen and former foster youth Lucy uncovers a plot involving pregnant girls and must decide if she’s ready to stop running and accept the help of two kind strangers.
Bruzas, Alena. To the Bone. Penguin Random House/Rocky Pond Books, 2024. (9780593616208) 14-18.
Ellis, an indentured servant under an abusive master, experiences the dark realities of America’s colonial history.
Chand, Jyoti. Fitting Indian. Illustrated by Tara Anand. HarperCollins/HarperAlley, 2025. (9780063237537) 16-18.
This graphic novel highlights the pressure to be a “good Indian girl” and depicts the ways mental health issues are stigmatized in some South Asian communities.
Croucher, Lex. Not For the Faint of Heart. Macmillan/Wednesday Books, 2024. (9781250847232) 14-18
This queer reframing of the Robin Hood legend expands the concepts of success and leadership in ways that are decidedly feminist.
DeChambeau, Rhonda. Top Heavy. Holiday House, 2025. (9780823458134) 13-18.
Esme–thrilled to be one of the youngest dancers to make the Elite team–must fight body image issues and unwanted sexual contact because of her large breasts.
DeRose, Kim. Hear Her Howl. Hachette/Union Square and Co., 2025. (9781454960645) 14-18.
A young woman is forced to attend a strict Catholic boarding school where she finds her voice and inner wolf.
Egbe, Amaka. Run Like a Girl. HarperCollins/Harper, 2025. (9781335009937) 14-18.
Dera, a Black girl aspiring to run in the Olympics, is sent to live with her father in white suburbia, joining the boys’ track team as the only female runner.
Elliott, L. M. Truth, Lies, and the Questions in Between. Hachette/Little, Brown, 2025. (9781643752822) 14-18.
One of the first female pages in the U.S. Senate deep dives into feminism and political corruption during the Watergate investigation while also finding her voice.
Hanna Alkaf. The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette’s. Simon & Schuster/Salaam Reads, 2024. (9781534494589) 14-18.
A wave of young women screaming hits an elite boarding school in Malaysia. Gripped by terror, two young women investigate the affliction while trying to survive their own trauma.
Harlow, Abbie. The Butterfly’s Sting. House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books, 2025. (9781779460011) 14-18.
Seventeen-year-old Bo is determined to escape her Uncle Jack’s physical abuse and exploitation of her boxing skills but must do so in a way that protects her two younger siblings.
Herrman, Heather M. Lady or the Tiger. Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen Books, 2025. (9781984816733) 14-18.
In the 1880s Western U.S., nineteen-year-old outlaw Belle King awaits trial for her crimes and reflects on the path that led to her becoming an infamous murderer.
Howard, Amalie. Lady Knight. Penguin Random House/Joy Revolution, 2025. (9780593705063) 14-18.
Zia and her friends want to choose their own path rather than conform to gender expectations in this historical romance.
Isabelle, S. The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick. HarperCollins/Storytide, 2025. (9781335006967) 14-18.
In 1860s England, Stella pursues a writing career and independence instead of marriage, but a sudden inheritance opportunity complicates her plans.
Kantor, Melissa. Biology Lessons. Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends, 2025. (9781250334046) 14-18.
Living in post-Dobbs Texas, high school senior Grace Williams is devastated to find out she is pregnant but determined to fight for her future and control of her body.
Kaufman, Amie and Meagan Spooner. Lady’s Knight. HarperCollins/Storytide, 2025. (9780062893390) 14-18.
Female blacksmith Gwen disguises herself as a male knight to win a tournament and save Lady Isobelle from forced marriage; meanwhile, they fall in love.
Kim, Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada. No Rules Tonight. Penguin Random House/Penguin Workshop, 2024. (9780593521304) 14-18.
This graphic novel highlights the obstacles to activism, self-expression, freedom, and love for teens under the authoritarian environment of 1980s South Korea.
King, A.S. Pick the Lock. Penguin Random House/Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2024. (9780593353974) 14-18.
Jane and her mother battle emotional and physical abuse in this surrealist science fiction universe where women live in pneumatic tubes.
Kulper, Kendall. A Time Traveler’s History of Tomorrow. Holiday House, 2025. (9780823458295) 13-18.
After Genevieve and Ash fall back in time to 1893, she and another female scientist must work to fix the spacetime continuum, battling sexism and racism along the way.
Latimer, Ashlee. Witchkiller. Scholastic Press, 2025. (9781546137689) 14-18.
In the aftermath of killing a witch to save her brother Hansel, Gretel navigates her new place in society as she begins to question everything she’s been told in this feminist retelling.
Levin, Cait. Imposter. Charlesbridge/Charlesbridge Teen, 2025. (9781623545635) 14-18.
Cam has always liked engineering and finding solutions to problems, but when she joins a computer science class at school, she is bullied by her misogynistic classmates.
Liu, Jennie. The Red Car to Hollywood. Lerner/Carolrhoda Lab, 2025. (9781728493213) 14-18.
Ruby Chan faces an arranged marriage. When she strikes up a friendship with film star Anna May Wong, she begins to forge her own path.
*McCullough, Joy. Everything is Poison. Penguin Random House/Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9780593855881) 14-18.
In 17th century Rome, Carmela is an apprentice at her mother’s apothecary where she learns to create tinctures and tonics that offer women agency over their bodies and lives.
Mendez, Jasminne. The Story of My Anger. Penguin Random House/Dial Books, 2025. (9780593531877) 14-18.
Yuli Lopez experiences various injustices at school and learns to channel her growing anger into activism through art and theater.
Metallo, Susan. Reasons to Hate Me. Candlewick, 2025. (9781536240351) 14-18.
Jess Lanza is a neurodivergent theater nerd going into senior year. Instead of the fun she had planned, she deals with bullies who think she has stolen her best friend’s boyfriend.
Montalban, Vanessa. These Vengeful Wishes. Zando Young Readers, 2025. (9781638930280) 14-18.
Ceci, a young Nicaraguan woman, moves back to her mother’s hometown where she encounters a mysterious vengeful spirit and a potential romantic interest.
Phoenix, Kayden. Latina Superheroes Volume 1: Jalisco & Santa. Illustrated by Amanda Julina Gonzalez and Eva Cabrera. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2025. (9781524892586) 14-18.
Two short graphic novellas chronicle the adventures of Jalisco and Santa, two Latine superheroes who fight for social justice.
Pinede, Nadine. When the Mapou Sings. Candlewick, 2024. (9781536235661) 14-18.
Haitian teen Lucille searches for her missing friend while encountering a vibrant women’s rights and democracy movement with anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston in this historical novel-in-verse.
Roach, Mary E. Seven For a Secret. Disney Hyperion, 2025. (9781368114608) 14-18.
Men who were in charge of a former girls’ home turn up dead five years after a group of girls disappeared from the home in this searing mystery.
*Sawyerr, Hannah V. Truth Is. Abrams/Amulet Books, 2025. (9781419776830) 14-18.
Truth wants to be a poet and escape her family situation. When an unplanned pregnancy ruins her plans, she fights to decide what should happen with her body.
Smith, Colby Cedar. The Siren and the Star. Simon & Schuster/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9781665972178) 14-18.
Talented singer Lula Gabroni recovers from a violent attack while visiting Venice, connecting her with Barbara Strozzi, a famous female composer/performer from the 17th century.
Storm, Jen. Little Moons. Illustrated by Ryan Howe, Nickolej Villiger, and Alice RL. Portage & Main Press/Highwater Press, 2024. (9781774921074) 14-18.
Reanna and her family grieve and heal over the loss of her sister Chelsea, one of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Suma, Nova Ren. Wake the Wild Creatures. Little, Brown/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9781616206727) 14-18.
Talia is thrust into contemporary society at age 13 after living in an isolated community of women. Waiting for a signal from her mother, she works to get back to a space free of misogyny and abuse.
Tamaki, Mariko. This Place Kills Me. Illustrated by Nicole Goux. Abrams/Abrams Fanfare, 2025. (9781419768460) 14-18.
Abby struggles to fit in during her first year at all-girls’ Wilburton Academy, experiencing frequent homophobic harassment. When a classmate is found dead, she investigates its suspicious circumstances.
*Toney, Kelsey B. The Unexpected Consequence of Bleeding on a Tuesday. Penguin Random House/Random House Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9780593811511) 13-18.
High school senior Cordelia Bridges suffers from debilitating menstrual pain, and now her period has ruined the perfect future she worked so hard to secure.
Young Adult: Nonfiction
Atkins, Jeannine. Knocking on Windows. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2025. (9781665977548) 14-18.
Atkins learns to reclaim her voice after being raped as a college student in this searing memoir.
Carpenter, Angelica Shirley. Arm in Arm: The Grimké Sisters’ Fight for Abolition and Women’s Rights. Lerner/Zest Books, 2025. (9798765627433) 12-18.
Sarah and Angelina Grimké faced sexism and other challenges while advocating for abolition and women’s rights.
*Heiligman, Deborah. Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story). Macmillan/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025. (9781250823076) 14-18.
An in-depth biography of a woman whose advocacy for workers, women, and immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries will encourage readers to lift their voices.
Miller, Sarah. Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Heart. Penguin Random House/Random House Studio, 2025. (9780593649091) 12-18.
Lorena “Hick” Hickok broke many gender barriers as an accomplished journalist and queer icon.
