34 YA Books Every Feminist Needs On Their Shelf
Girls’ stories aren’t just for girls.
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Alabaster Academy is a selective private school with an even more selective secret society, the Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds. Frankie's boyfriend and his friends are all members, but Frankie's not allowed to join because she's a girl. In an escalating series of pranks and stunts, Frankie shows the whole school she's not one to be messed with, and the book teaches a powerful lesson about sexism.
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Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill
In her first book, Irish author Louise O'Neill constructs a dark and fearsome dystopia where young women are bred to be wives and concubines to the world's most powerful men. The plot is a page-turner, but the book also offers a searing takedown of patriarchal culture, beauty standards, and women's right to their bodies. O'Neill's second book, Asking For It, which looks into the unfair standards many rape victims are held to, is another must read.
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Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery by M. Evelina Galang
M. Evelina Galang's incredible book hits intersectionality on the nose for young readers. It's the story of Angel, a Filipino teen in Chicago in 2001, during the second Philippine People Power Revolution. The book crisscrosses one girl's coming of age with the legacy of her family and community's experience in a stunning and eye-opening narrative.
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