Marroquin, M.L. My Hair is Magic! Illus. by Tonya Engel. 2020. 32p. Page Street Kids, $17.99 (9781624149818). PreS-Gr. 3.
A confident Black child loves and defends her natural hair, even as others question why it’s so big, messy, frizzy, kinky, wild, and complicated.
Jensen, Kelly, ed. Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy. 2020. 241p. Algonquin Young Readers, paperback, $16.95 (9781616209674). Gr. 7-up.
Bodies are complex, and so is our relationship to them. A diverse lineup of celebrities, authors, athletes, and artists discuss their journeys to self-acceptance in this compellingly relatable anthology.
Nurgaiv, Aisholpan and Liz Welch. The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations. 2020. 198p. Little Brown, $17.99 (9780316522618). Gr. 5-8.
Aisholpan comes from a long line of Kazakh eagle hunters, but must work for her right to learn the craft as the first eagle huntress in her family.
Zimmerman, Laura. My Eyes Are Up Here. 2020. 340pp. Dutton/PRH, $17.99 ( 9781984815248). Gr. 7-12.
Fifteen-year-old Greer’s self-conscious anxiety about her large breasts, self-deprecatingly nicknamed Maude and Mavis, force her into hiding her body in bulky sweatshirts and living more in her head than in the real world.
Chambers, Veronica and the Staff of the New York Times. Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote. 2020. 132pp. Versify/HMH, $18.99 (9780358408307). Gr. 4-up.
An introduction to some of the many BIPOC and queer women whose fight for universal suffrage did not end with the ratification of the 19th amendment.
Alvitre, Weshoyot, et al. Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World. 2020. 224p. Kazoo Magazine, Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, $25.99 (9780525580171). Gr. 2-6.
A graphic biography collection of 25 amazing women who created, entertained, and did hard, brave things and changed the world in the process.
Kendall, Mikki. Hood Feminism: Notes From The Women That a Movement Forgot. 2020. 267p. Viking, $26.00 (9780525560548). Gr. 9-up.
Collected essays address the inequity of modern feminism as defined by White women. Personal stories and cultural critiques challenge feminists to inspect the intersection of race, class, and gender.
Rossi, Veronica. Rebel Spy. 2020. 368p. Delacorte, $18.99 (9781524771225). Gr. 7 and up.
Forced into life under an alias as a wealthy Revolutionary Loyalist, a young woman exercises her position of power by feeding secrets to George Washington’s network of spies.
Iloh, Candice. Every Body Looking. 2020. 403p. Penguin/Dutton, $17.99 (9780525556206). Gr. 7-up.
Ada fumbles through freshman year of college under the weight of her dysfunctional family’s expectations. She explores her sexuality and finds her voice upon discovering a talent for dance.
Levine, Gail Carson. A Ceiling Made of Eggshells. 2020. 371p. HarperCollins, $17.99 (9780062878199). Gr. 5-8.
Paloma travels across fifteenth-century Spain with her influential Jewish grandfather and is forced to make personal sacrifices as they struggle to keep Spanish Jews safe from widespread persecution.
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