2024: Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten
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The 2024 Rise: A Feminist Book Project committee selected the following titles, listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name, as our Top Ten. Flower Girl by Amy Bloom, illustrated by Jameela Wahlgren Spin by Rebecca Caprara The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta Big by Vashti Harrison Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Bridget George My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Steph Littlebird Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera The Moonlit Vine by Elizabeth Santiago All the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. Sawyerr Rise ..read more
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2023 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List
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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.  Introduction: “The future will look exactly as the past if we don’t start making changes.” (Schneider, The Other Merlin) The right to a fair and equitable contract is a feminist value. Rise: A Feminist Book Project supports collective bargaining and stands in solidarity with workers across the publishing industry. “They can’t close their eyes and their / ears to us any lo ..read more
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2023 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List
Rise Feminist Books
by risefeministbooksadmin
10M ago
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.  Introduction: “The future will look exactly as the past if we don’t start making changes.” (Schneider, The Other Merlin) The right to a fair and equitable contract is a feminist value. Rise: A Feminist Book Project supports collective bargaining and stands in solidarity with workers across the publishing industry. “They can’t close their eyes and their / ears to us any lo ..read more
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2023: Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten
Rise Feminist Books
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1y ago
The 2022 Rise: A Feminist Book Project committee selected the following titles, listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name, as our Top Ten. Child of the Flower-Song People by Gloria Amescua El Cuarto Turquesa/The Turquoise Room by Monica Brown Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Coffney TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #MeToo Movement by Toufah Jallow with Kim Pittaway Yes! No! A First Conversation About Consent by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, and Isabel Roxas The Billboard by ..read more
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CURRENT BOOKLIST
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1y ago
“The future will look exactly as the past if we don’t start making changes.” (Schneider, The Other Merlin) Rise: A Feminist Book Project stands in solidarity with the HarperCollins Union Local 2110 UAW in their fight for a fair contract. Publishing has historically relied on low and unpaid labor. The right to a fair and equitable contract is a feminist value. HarperCollins must meet the union’s demands in full. “They can’t close their eyes and their / ears to us any longer. They can’t pretend / we don’t exist. They can’t plead ignorance / to our problems because we are here, / we embody the ..read more
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To access the current book list, please visit the “Book Lists” tab. The 2023 Rise list will be posted in January, 2023. All previous blog entries will be archived after April 1, 2022.
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Nomination: The Witch King
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Edgmon, H. E.. The Witch King. 2021. 421p. Inkyard, $18.99 (9781335212795). Gr. 9-12. Trans Wyatt has wanted to make his own choices his entire life, but being a witch and betrothed to a fae prince means he’s expected to reproduce and nothing else ..read more
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Nomination: Gimme Everything You Got
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Palmer, Iva-Marie. Gimme Everything You Got. 2020. 400p. HaperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $18.99 (9780062937254). Gr. 9-up. It’s 1979 and Title IX has facilitated the start of a girls’ soccer team at 17-year-old Susan Klintock’s school. Will she lead her team to victory ..read more
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Nomination: Between Two Worlds: The Art and Life of Amrita Sher-Gil
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2y ago
Sriram, Meera. Between Two Worlds: The Art and Life of Amrita Sher-Gil. Illus. by Ruchi Bakshi Sharma. 2021. 40p. Penny Candy, $16.95 (9781734225945). K.- Gr. 3. A woman of two worlds, Amrita Sher-Gil used art to express herself and her love for her two countries, India and Hungary ..read more
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Nomination: Idia of the Benin Kingdom
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2y ago
Aire, Ekiuwa. Idia of the Benin Kingdom. Illus. by Alina Shabelnyk. 2020. 40p. Our Ancestries, $17.99 (9781777117900). K – Gr. 2 As a young girl, Idia dreamed of a warrior queen who healed her people. As an adult, she became the first woman to fight for Benin and their first Iyoba ..read more
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