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• Lovely One

  Adapted for Young Adults

  Jackson, Ketanji Brown, 1970-

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  Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, chronicles her life story and her extraordinary path to becoming a jurist on America's highest court in this inspiring, intimate memoir.

• The Swans of Harlem

  Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

  Valby, Karen,

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  A full accounting of five incredibly talented Black ballerinas from The Dance Theater of Harlem, founding members among them, that illuminates their hard-fought, historic, and overlooked contributions to the world of classical dance at a time when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Climate Champions

  15 Women Fighting for Your Future

  Sarah, Rachel,

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  Climate scientists, journalists, professors, academics, researchers, and policy makers from around the world who draft policies with real-world impact, run science labs to find new answers to old problems, and lead organizations at the forefront of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

  My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March

  Lowery, Lynda Blackmon, 1950-

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  As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed nine times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Coming Home

  [Adapted for Young Adults]

  Griner, Brittney,

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  From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist--a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.

• Eve

  How the Female Body Shaped Human Evolution

  Bohannon, Cat,

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  This is the 200-million-year story of how the female body gave rise to the human species and forever shaped life on Earth and what that means for us in the future.

• The Bodyguard Unit

  Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu

  Xavier, Clément, 1981-

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  Who were the jujitsuffragettes? In the early twentieth century, women in England demanded the right to vote--and faced violent retaliation. Rather than back down, the suffragist group Women's Social and Political Union formed its own security unit.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Unstoppable!

  My Journey From Olympic Hopeful to Athlete A to Eight-time NCAA Champion and Beyond

  Nichols, Maggie, 1997-

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  Maggie Nichols's official memoir is an inspirational tell-all about the abuse she suffered under the US national gymnastics team and how she managed to redefine herself in the face of adversity.

• Ruth Asawa

  An Artist Takes Shape

  Nakahira, Sam, 1997-

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  Renowned for her innovative wire sculptures, Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) was a teenager in Southern California when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II. Asawa's family had to abandon their farm,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Spirits

  the Famous Fox Sisters and the Mysterious Fad That Haunted a Nation

  Rosenstock, Barb,

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  Discover the astonishingly true story of Maggie, Kate, and Leah Fox-the Civil War-era sisters and teen mediums who created the American seance.

• The Girl Who Sang

  a Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival

  Nadel, Estelle,

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  A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable.

• Born a Girl

  It Takes Courage

  Dussutour, Alice,

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  Meet Kaneila, Jade, Mahnoosh, Makena and Luisa. They are five girls in five different countries whose lives are overshadowed by violence and injustice, just because they are female. These girls navigate the challenges and horrors of period poverty,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Girl You Are Atlas

  Watson, Renée,

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  In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Renee Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class, and gender.

• The Ballerina of Auschwitz

  [a Memoir]

  Eger, Edith Eva,

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  In this young adult edition of the bestselling, award-winning memoir The Choice, Holocaust survivor and renowned psychologist Dr. Edith Eva Eger shares her harrowing experiences and gives readers the gift of hope and strength.