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22 YA Reads for International Women's Day

There are so many amazing female characters that inspire us in YA Lit. Here are some of our favorite reads that place women at the front and center as our way to honor and celebrate International Women's Day.

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  • BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, [2021]. — TEEN QUACH 2021
  • BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2023]. — TEEN IBRAHIM 2023
  • BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017. — TEEN MATHIEU 2017
  • Fighter in Velvet Gloves

    Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich

    Boochever, Annie,
    BookFairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2019]. — TEEN 323.1197 BOOCHEVE 2019
  • BookNew York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]. — Acevedo, Elizabeth
  • BookNew York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]. — TEEN HAND 2019
  • BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020. — TEEN DEONN 2020
  • Enchanted Air

    Two Cultures, Two Wings : a Memoir

    Engle, Margarita
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015] — ENGLE, MARGARITA / Engle
  • BookNew York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023. — TEEN LEWIS 2023
  • BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2022. — TEEN SCHWARTZ 2022
  • Our Stories, Our Voices

    21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America

    BookNew York : Simon Pulse, 2018. — 305.4209 OUR STORI 2018