The 2022 Rise: A Feminist Book Project committee selected the following titles, listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name, as our Top Ten.
Laxmi’s Mooch by Shelly Anand and illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Bodies are Cool by Tyler Feder
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
Sistersong by Lucy Holland
If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose, art by Neal Shannacappo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
The Big Bath House by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Gracey Zhang
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 is a project of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association.
Members of the 2022 Rise: A Feminist Book Project committee are:
Silvia Lin Hanick (co-chair), LaGuardia Community College (CUNY), NY;
Jean-Louise Zancanella (co-chair), College of Western Idaho, ID;
Ally Watkins, First Regional Library, MS; Sara Saxton, Wasilla Public Library, AK;
Allison Staley, Lake Oswego Public Library, OR;
Mallory Caise, Lisle Library District, IL;
Vicki Pietrus, Niles West High School, IL;
Cynthia Medrano, Parkland College, IL; and
Laura Simeon, Kirkus Reviews.
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