Summer 2021 is in full swing and for some, that means family vacations and time for some serious self-care. If reading is on your to-do list, we have a list of books you won’t want to miss. From girls’ stories to literature created by Black authors, we have something for everyone:
Girls’ Stories
- I am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
- The Favored Daughter: One Woman’s Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future by Fawzia Koofi
- Girl Positive: How Girls Are Shaping a New World by Tatiana Fraser and Caia Hagel
- The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg
- I Am a Girl from Africa by Elizabeth Nyamayaro
Global Awareness of Issues
- Period. End of Sentence by Anita Diamont
- Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand For Menstrual Equity by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
- Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls or Rebel Girls Lead by Rebel Girls
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- What Works in Girls’ Education: Evidence for the World’s Best Investment by Gene Sperling, Forward by Malala
Books for Youth
- Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
- I am Perfectly Designed by Karamo Brown
- Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
- The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
- I Am Enough by Grace Byers
- A Kid’s Book about Racism by Jelani Memory
Fiction by Black Authors for Teenage Youth
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Children of Blood and Bone and Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
- The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
Books for Mentors/Adults by Black Authors
- A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
- Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Gerguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis.
- Black Girl Dangerous on Race, Queerness, Class and Gender by Mia McKenzie
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege by Robert Jensen
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