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Amelia Bloomer Project: 2004 Recommended Feminist Books for Youth

2004 list | 2005 list

The Amelia Bloomer Project, sponsored by the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association creates a yearly list of books that celebrate girls and women as a vibrant, vital force in the world.

picture books | intermediate | young adult

Picture Books
Fiction Players in Pigtails Shana Corey, Illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon (Scholastic) PreSchool-Grade 3. E FIC Cor
Nonfiction The Daring Nellie Bly: America’s Star Reporter Bonnie Christensen (Knopf Books for Young Readers) PreSchool-Grade 3. on order
Girl Wonder Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Terry Widener (Simon & Schuster) Kindergarden-Grade 3. E FIC Hop
A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Ines Pat Mora, illustrated by Beatrice Vidal (Knopf Books for Young Readers) Grades 2-5. Y 921 Ju

Intermediate
Fiction Rodzina Karen Cushman (Clarion Books) Grades 4-7. Y FIC Cus
The Whale Rider Witi Ihimaera (Harcourt) Grades 5-9. Y FIC Ihi
The Puppeteer’s Apprentice D. Ann Love (Margaret K. McElderry) Grades 4-6. J FIC Lov
Secrets in the fire Henning Mankell (Annick Press) Grades 5-9.
Judy Moody Saves the World! Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter Reynolds (Candlewick) Grades 3-5. J FIC Mac
Fiction Thank You Sarah: The Woman who Saved Thanksgiving Laurie Halse Anderson, illustrated by Matt Faulkner (Simon & Schuster) Grades 1-5. E 921 Ha
Wings and Rockets: The Story of Women in Air and Space Jeannine Atkins, illustrated by Dusan Petricic (Farrar Straus & Giroux) Grades 4-10. J 629.13 At
It Can’t be Done, Nellie Bly!: A Reporter’s Race Around the World Nancy Butcher, illustrated by Jen L. Singh (Peachtree) Grades 2-5. J 921 BL
Fight On!: Mary Church Terrell’s Battle for Integration Dennis Brindell Fradin & Judith Bloom Fradin (Clarion Books) Grades 5-9.
Rabble Rousers: Twenty Women Who Made a Difference Charyl Harness (Dutton Books) Grades 4-8. J 920 Ha
Amelia Earhart: More than a Flier Patricia Lakin, illustrated by Alan and Lea Daniel (Aladdin) Grades 3-5.
Mother to Tigers George Ella Lyon (Atheneum) Grades 3-6. E 921 Ma
Amelia Earhart: Legend of Flight Lynda Pflueger (Enslow) Grades 3-6.
The Woods Scientist Stephen R. Swinburne (Houghton Mifflin) Grades 2-5.
Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen Luba Tryszynska-Frederick, iIllustrated by Ann Marshall (Tricycle Press) Grades 3-8.

Young Adult
Fiction For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Delacorte Press) Grades 5-9. Y FIC Bra
A Northern Light Jennifer Donnelly (Harcourt) Grades 7-10. Y FIC Don
Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free Kathleen Karr (Hyperion Books for Children) Grades 6-9.
Uncommon Faith Trudy Krisher (Holiday House) Grades 7-10. on order
Keeping You a Secret: A Novel Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown/Megan Tingley Books) Grades 8-12. Y FIC Pet
The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett (Harpercollins) Grades 5-9. Y FIC Pra
Nonfiction Atta Girl!: A Celebration of Women in Sports Alexandra Powe Allred (Wish Publishing) Grades 9-12. 796.0194092 Po
Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes (Penguin Books) Grades 10-12.
Super Women in Science Kelly Di Domenico (Second Story Press) Grades 5-9.
Inanna: From the Myths of Ancient Sumer Kim Echlin, iIllustrated by Linda Wolfsgruber (Groundwood Books) Grade 7-up.
Behind Every Choice Is a Story Gloria Feldt (University of North Texas Press) Grades 9-12. 363.960973 Fe
Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern-day Jordan Norma Khouri (Atria Books) Grades 10-12. 305.4209569 Kh
Womankind: Faces of Change Around the World Donna Nebenzahl, photographs by Nance Ackerman (The Feminist Press at the City University of NewYork) Grades 9-12. 303.484092 NE
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon Books) Grades 9-12. GN Per
Women in Pants: Manly Maidens, Cowgirls, and Other Renegades Catherine Smith and Cynthia Greig (Harry N. Abrams) Grades 9-12. 391.20973 SM

For more information about the Recommended Feminist Books for Youth visit the Amelia Bloomer Project Web page.

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