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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 27 cm
Description
"Celebrating all the different ways girls can make things, this brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression and girl power will inspire readers to jump up and start to build--because they can do anything!"--
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 27 cm.
Description
Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
384 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Description
"Twelve-year-old Lalani Sarita takes on the impossible task of traveling to the legendary Mount Isa, towering on an island to the north. Generations of men and boys have died on the same quest--how can a timid young girl in a tiny boat survive the epic tests of the archipelago?"--
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 16
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
70 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
46) Boys don't fry
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Description
"A young Malaysian boy enthusiastically assists his grandmother prepare their Lunar New Year dinner, all the while learning about the history of their traditional cuisine"--
48) Girls can't hit
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Description
After not being allowed to take a boxing class at her school because she is a girl, Fleur deals with bullying and disapproval in her quest to set things right and ensure equal opportunity for all students.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
201 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Description
Found wandering alone in a bombed-out Afghan school, 15-year-old Parvana mystifies American military forces by remaining silent, while spending her time remembering the past four years of her life, having been reunited with her mother and sisters and living in a village where her mother's finally managed to open a school for girls.
51) Squire
Author
Series
Protector of the small volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
399 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Description
After becoming a squire to Lord Raoul, commander of the King's Own, Kel of Mindelan, must face a terrifying test in the Chamber of the Ordeal before she can be a knight.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm
Description
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.
53) Rickshaw girl
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
91 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Description
A young woman in nineteenth-century New York City must struggle against gender and class boundaries when her father is found dead of a supposed suicide, and she believes there is more than meets the eye, so in order to uncover the truth she will have to decide how much she is willing to risk and lose.
55) Elena's serenade
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
In Mexico, a little girl disguised as a boy, sets out for Monterrey determined to master the art of glassblowing, and in the process, experiences self-discovery along the way.
56) A tale of magic
Author
Series
Tale of magic volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"When Brystal Evergreen stumbles across a secret section of the library, she discovers a book that introduces her to a world beyond her imagination and learns the impossible: She is a fairy capable of magic! But in the oppressive Southern Kingdom, women are forbidden from reading and magic is outlawed, so Brystal is swiftly convicted of her crimes and sent to the miserable Bootstrap Correctional Facility. But with the help of the mysterious Madame...
58) Perfectly prima
Author
Series
Sugar plum ballerinas volume 3
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
152 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
Perfectionistic Jerzey desperately wants to be a good ballet dancer like her sisters, but her efforts to learn are repeatedly thwarted, until she finds help in an unexpected place.
59) Birdie and me
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Ever since their free-spirited mama died ten months ago, twelve-year-old Jack and her gender creative nine-year-old brother, Birdie, have been living with their fun-loving Uncle Carl, but now their conservative Uncle Patrick insists on being their guardian which forces all four of them to confront grief, prejudice, and loss, all while exploring what 'home' really means"--
60) Call me Floy
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
188 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Description
"Floy Hutchings, nearly twelve, struggles against the expectations of 1876 society as she fights to protect her beloved Yosemite Valley and dreams of climbing Half Dome. Includes tips for visiting wild areas and historical note." --
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