Women's History Month: Young Adult Picks

Updated February 27, 2026
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#NotYourPrincess voices of Native American women
Leatherdale, Mary Beth
Ebook
Fight like a girl : 50 feminists who changed the world
Barcella, Laura
Ebook
Nearly every day there's another news story or pop cultural anecdote related to feminism and women's rights. #YesAllWomen, conversations around consent, equal pay, access to contraception, and a host of other issues are foremost topics of conversation in American (and worldwide) media right now....
Girls resist! : a guide to activism, leadership, and starting a revolution
Rich, KaeLyn
Ebook
An activism handbook for teen girls ready to fight for change, social justice, and equality. Take on the world and make some serious change with this handbook to everything activism, social justice, and resistance. With in-depth guides to everything from picking a cause, planning...
Juliet takes a breath
Rivera, Gabby
Paper Book
Hi, my name is Juliet Palante. I've been reading your book Raging Flower- Empowering Your Pussy by Empowering Your Mind. No lie, I started reading it so that I could make people uncomfortable on the subway. But I'm writing to you now because this book of yours, this magical labia...
Ms. Marvel / Mecca
Wilson, G. Willow
Paper Book
An enemy from Ms. Marvel's past resurfaces and begins targeting those closest to Kamala. As the world around her is spinning out of control, it becomes clear that this time there's something more sinister at work...Kamala's no stranger to fighting for what's right, but in facing down this challenge,...
The Nowhere Girls
Reed, Amy Lynn
Paper Book
'Empowering, brutally honest, and realistically complex' Buzzfeed 'A call-to-action to everyone out there who wants to fight back' Bustle 'With a powerful message about consent on the one hand and a diverse range of female...
A thousand sisters : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II
Wein, Elizabeth
Ebook
Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist! The gripping true story of the only women to fly in combat in World War II--from Elizabeth Wein, award-winning author of Code Name Verity In the early years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an...
A tyranny of petticoats : 15 stories of belles, bank robbers & other badass girls
Spotswood, Jessica
Ebook
From an impressive sisterhood of YA writers comes an edge-of-your-seat anthology of historical fiction and fantasy featuring a diverse array of daring heroines. Crisscross America - on dogsleds and ships, stagecoaches and trains - from pirate ships off the coast of the...
Warrior Girl Unearthed
Boulley, Angeline
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley takes us back into the world of Firekeeper's Daughter in this high-stakes mystery about the power of discovering your stolen history A Waterstones Best YA Books of 2023 A Financial Times Best YA Summer Book 2023<...
We should all be feminists
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
Ebook
**DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is out now!** A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'I would like to ask that we begin to dream about and plan for a...

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