Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2023
Resources for the top titles recognized as the best feminist books for young readers since 2011
Sponsored by Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association

- 2,066 Resources including
- 191 Videos
- 122 Book Readings
- 176 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle and Rafael López
(Commended, 2016)
53 Resources14 Awards


Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(Commended, 2016)
47 Resources16 Awards




Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
by Gloria Amescua and Duncan Tonatiuh
(Commended, 2023)
40 Resources13 Awards

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
(Commended, 2017)
39 Resources11 Awards



Speak: The Graphic Novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll
(Commended, 2019)
33 Resources6 Awards


The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
by Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hatem Aly, and S.K. Ali
(Commended, 2020)
31 Resources10 Awards


Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
(Commended, 2014)
29 Resources8 Awards

Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist
by Jess Keating and Marta Álvarez Miguéns
(Commended, 2018)
29 Resources6 Awards


What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
by Chris Barton and Ekua Holmes
(Commended, 2020)
28 Resources7 Awards


I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick
(Commended, 2015)
25 Resources5 Awards

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad
(Commended, 2021)
25 Resources8 Awards





#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
(Commended, 2018)
23 Resources10 Awards

Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou
by Bethany Hegedus and Tonya Engel
(Commended, 2020)
22 Resources5 Awards


Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today
by Alice Wong
(Commended, 2022)
21 Resources6 Awards

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
(Commended, 2015)
20 Resources4 Awards



Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer
by Diane Stanley and Jessie Hartland
(Commended, 2017)
19 Resources9 Awards







I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
(Commended, 2014)
17 Resources1 Awards




