The 2009 Amelia Bloomer List
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Picture books
Fiction
Breen, Steve. Violet the Pilot. Illus. by Steve Breen. 2008. Unpaged. Penguin/ Dial Books for Young Readers, $16.99 (978-0-8037-3125-7) PreS-Gr.2.
Rejected by classmates for her love of science and mechanics, Violet’s wild invention saves the day when others need her help.
Dipuchio, Kelly. Grace for President. Illus. by LeUyen Pham. 2008. Unpaged. Disney Book Group/ Hyperion, $15.99 (978-078683919-3). K-Gr.3.
Grace’s bid to be class president becomes a true contest when the most popular boy in school runs against her.
Henson, Heather. That Book Woman. Illus. by David Small. 2008. Unpaged. Simon & Schuster/ Atheneum, $16.99 (978-1-4169-0812-8). PreS-Gr.3.
In all kinds of weather, “that book woman”-a librarian on horseback-delivers books to a skeptical Cal and his family in the
Lipp, Frederick. Running Shoes. Illus. by Jason Gaillard. 2008. Unpaged. Charlesbridge, $16.95 (978-1-58089-175-2). PreS-Gr.3.
With her new shoes, Sophy runs through the rice fields of
Mackall, Dandi Daley. A Girl Named Dan. Illus. by Renee Graef. 2008. Unpaged. Sleeping Bear Press, $16.95. (9781585363513) Gr. 2-4.
Dandi’s dreams are shattered when the people who awarded the prize for her winning essay on becoming a batboy for the
Wharton, Kate. What Does Mrs. Claus Do? Illus. by Christian Slade. 2008. Unpaged. Ten Speed Press/ Tricycle Press, $15.99 (978-1-58246-164-9). PreS-Gr.3.
While Santa is well-known, the actual manager of Claus Enterprises is Mrs. Claus, who can do anything to which she puts her mind and energy.
Non-Fiction
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution. 2008. Unpaged. Simon & Schuster $16.99 (978-0-689-85808-6). Gr.1-6
As spies, cannoneers, poets and protesters, the founding mothers of the American Revolution fought for freedom in their own patriotic ways.
Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta. Ballots for Belva: the True Story of a Woman’s Race for the Presidency. 2008. Unpaged. Abrams Books for Young Readers, $16.95. (9780810971103) Gr. 2-5.
During the late 1800’s when only men could vote, Belva Lockwood earned a law degree, successfully argued cases before the Supreme Court, and ran for the office of President of the
Dray, Philip. Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist. 2008. Unpaged. Peachtree, $18.95 (978-1-56145-417-4). Gr. 1-4.
Born into slavery, Ida B. Wells became an educator, author, and renowned civil rights activist who was instrumental in stopping the practice of lynching in the South.
Klier, Kimberly Wagner. You Can’t Do That, Amelia! Illus. by Kathleen Kemly. 2008. Unpaged. Boyds Mill Press/ Calkins Creek, $16.95 (978-1-59078-467-9). PreS-Gr.3.
Young Amelia Earhart, refusing to be discouraged by the protests of her family, dreams of flying airplanes and works to bring her dreams to life.
Krull, Kathleen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight. Illus. by Amy June Bates. 2008. 38p. Simon & Schuster/ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $16.99 (978-1-4169-7129-0). PreS-Gr.4.
Hillary Rodham Clinton used her energy, intelligence and determination to follow her dreams and make a difference in the world around her.
Nivola, Claire. Planting the Trees of
When she discovered that her native
Plourde, Lynn. Margaret Chase Smith: a Woman for President. 2008. Unpaged. Charlesbridge. $16.95 (978-1-58089-234-6) Gr. 1-4.
Although lacking a college education, Margaret Chase Smith used her many accomplishments as a Congresswoman to support her candidacy for President in 1964.
Stone, Tanya Lee.
Seeing the injustice of the limited opportunities of the women around her, Elizabeth Cady Stanton challenged her place in life and fought for her rights and the rights of all women.
Tafolla, Carmen, and Sharyll Teneyuca. That’s Not Fair!: Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice/ ¡No Es Justo!: La Lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la Justicia. Illus. by Terry Ybáñez. 2008. 38p. Wings Press, $17.95 (978-0-916727-33-8). PreS-Gr.4.
Growing up surrounded by the injustice migrant workers face, Emma Tenayuca leads over 12,000 pecan shellers in
Winter, Jeanette. Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from
Beginning with just nine seedlings, Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan woman who loved her country, fulfilled her dream of bringing peace and prosperity to her land by organizing the women to plant trees.
Winter, Jonah. The Secret World of Hildegard. Illus. by Jeanette Winter. 2007. Unpaged. Scholastic/ Arthur A. Levine Books, $16.99 (978-0-439-50739-4). Gr. 2-4.
During the Dark Ages, when most people were illiterate and women were seen as having little value, Hildegard transformed the world around her through her music, her scholarship, her preaching, and her visions of the face of a female God.
Middle Readers
Fiction
Murphy, Pat. The Wild Girls. 2007. 304p. Viking, $16.99. (9780670062263) Gr. 6-9.
Joan and Fox (aka Newt and Sarah) write stories that tell the truths of their lives, win a writing contest, and learn that even as girls, their descriptions can open the world not only for themselves, but for others.
Qamar, Amjed. Beneath My Mother’s Feet. June 2008. 198p. Atheneum, $16.99. (9781416947288). Gr. 5-8.
In contemporary
Schwabach, Karen. The Hope Chest. 2008. 274 p. Random House, $16.99 (978-0-375-84095-1). Gr.4-8.
Eleven-year-old Violet follows her older sister to
Sheth, Kashmira. Keeping Corner. 2007. 281p. Disney Book Group/ Hyperion, $15.99 (978-078683859-2). Gr.4-9.
Widowed before she has even moved into her husband’s house, 12-year-old child-bride Leela is forced into “keeping corner”-an entire year of confinement and mourning in isolation. Through the visits of her teacher, Leela begins to learn about the outside world, gaining an interest in philosophy, sciences, and the news of Gandhi and the Great War as it affects
Springer, Nancy. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan. 2008. 183p. Penguin/ Philomel, $14.99 (978-0-399-24780-4). Gr.6-11.
Surviving on her own in Victorian London, Enola Holmes-Sherlock’s younger sister-receives a mysterious pink fan from a friend who needs her help to escape an arranged marriage.
Non-Fiction
Benjamin, Michelle, & Maggie Mooney. Nobel’s Women of Peace. 2008. 146p. Second Story Press, $10.95. (9781897187388). Gr. 5-8.
In the history of the Nobel Peace Prize, only twelve women have won, from Bertha von Suttner, one of the first peace activists in the twentieth century, to Wangari Maathai, winner of the prize in 2004.
Donovan,
Hypatia’s death at the hands of a Christian mob in
Getzinger, Donna. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. (American Workers series). 2009. 128p. Morgan Reynolds Publishing, $28.95 (978-1-59935-099-8). Gr.5-up.
The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911 killed 146 people, bringing together the women’s suffrage and labor movements and emphasizing the need for laws guaranteeing worker safety.
Mysko, Claire. You’re Amazing: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self. 2008. 164p. F+W Publications/
A workbook celebrating girls’ lives presents strategies to deal with the pressure to be perfect that abounds in today’s society.
Simoni, Suzanne. Fantastic Female Filmmakers. 2008. 122p. Second Story Press, $10.95 (978-1-897187-36-4). Gr.6-up.
From pioneers of the early 1900s through today’s innovators, women filmmakers broke boundaries to create important stories and explore new filmmaking techniques.
Young Adult
Fiction
Bunce, Elizabeth C. A Curse Dark as Gold. 2008. 395p. Scholastic, $17.99 (978-0-439-89576-7) Gr. 7-up.
When an eerie stranger offers to spin straw into gold,
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling. 2008. 471p. Harcourt, $17.00 (978-0-15-206396-2). Gr.8-up.
The king’s bully, Lady Katsa, despised for her Grace as a highly trained killing machine as well as her gender, works secretly to right wrongs and protect those in
need.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. 2008. 374p. Scholastic, $17.99 (978-0-439-02348-1). Gr.7-up.
When her little sister loses the lottery and becomes the tribute for the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death shown on government-sponsored reality television, 16-year-old hunter Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her place, and challenges the system in the process.
Dean, Claire. Girlwood. 2008. 246p. Houghton Mifflin, $16.00 (978-0-618-88390-5). Gr.6-12.
In this tale of ecology and magic, Polly Green tries to save her family and the wilderness she loves.
Engle, Margarita. The Surrender Tree: Poems of
Through three wars for Cuban independence,
Headley, Justina Chen. Girl Overboard. 2008. 352 p. Little, Brown, Young Readers, $16.99 (978-0316011303). Gr. 8-12.
After a debilitating accident derails her pro-snowboarding dreams and costs her the only place she feels she can be herself, 16-year-old Syrah Cheng must re-examine who she is and where she wants to go.
Klages, Ellen. White Sands, Red Menace. 2008. 337p. Penguin/ Viking, $16.99 (978-0-670-06235-5). Gr.5-10.
Just when Dewey Kerrigan is settling into a new life in Alamagordo with the Gordons, conflicts in the family over women’s limited career choices and involvement in the atomic bomb control movement as well as the arrival of Dewey’s long-lost mother threaten Dewey’s dream of attending university.
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. 2008. 345p. Disney Book Group/ Hyperion, $16.99 (978-078683818-9). Gr.6-up.
When Frankie learns that she cannot join the all-male secret society at her exclusive prep school, she takes matters into her own hands.
Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi. The Shadow Speaker. 2007. 336p. Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, $16.99 (978-142310033-1) Gr. 7 & up.
Following the detonation of the peace bomb, worldwide civilizations collapsed. In sub-Saharan
Scott,
Kidnapped as a young child, and sexually and emotionally tortured for years, a girl who has lost everything-even her name-must find the inner strength not only to save herself, but also to end the cycle of abuse and torture before the man who kidnapped her captures another girl.
Vaught, Susan. Big Fat Manifesto. 2008. 308p.
Senior Jamie Carcaterra, a.k.a. “Fat Girl”, uses her high school newspaper column to expose discrimination against fat people; the controversy that ensues spills over into the community attracting national attention.
Venkatraman, Padma. Climbing the Stairs. 2008. 247p. Penguin/ G.P. Putnam’s Son, $16.99 (978-0-399-24746-0). Gr.7-12.
Against the backdrop of the movement for
Winston, Sherri. The Kayla Chronicles. 2007. 188p. Hatchette Book Group/ Little, Brown, and Company, $16.99 (978-0-316-11430-1). Gr. 7-11.
Kayla and Rosalie’s plan to expose the sexist selection process for their high school dance squad backfires when Kayla makes the team.
Non-Fiction
Anderson, Marisa (Editor). Rock ‘N’ Roll Camp for Girls: How to Start a Band, Write Songs, Record an Album and Rock Out! Illus. by Nicole Georges, Marisa Anderson, Amanda Paulk, and Jodi Darby. Forward by Carrie Brownstein. 2008. 192 p. Chronicle Books, $14.95 (978-0-8118-5222-7). Gr.8-up.
Learn the nuts, bolts and business of creating a rock band-an introduction especially for girls who want to push the boundaries-and play some awesome rock ‘n roll!
Armstrong, Mabel. Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars. 2008. 179p. (Discovering Women in Science series). Stone Pine Press, $16.95 (978-0-97289295-7). Gr.7-up.
From Babylonian priestess En Heduanna to Sally Ride and Carolyn Shoemaker, women astronomers faced obstacles and prejudices as they studied and reached for the stars.
Ball, Heather. Astonishing women artists. 2007. 120p. Second Story Press (Orca). $10.95. (9781897187234) Gr. 7-10.
These trailblazers overcame obstacles and took control of their own lives and art to share their unique visions and inspire others.
Baumgardner, Jennifer. Abortion & Life. 2008. 175p. Akashic Books, $16.95 (978-1-933354-59-0) Gr. 9-up.
Fifteen women who made the choice to have abortions discuss their lives and the thorny issues surrounding termination of pregnancies.
Gourley, Catherine. Images and issues of women in the twentieth century. Vol. 1-5. 2008. Lerner/Twenty-first Century Books. Gr.6-up.
Volume 1: Gourley, Catherine. Gibson Girls and Suffragists: Perceptions of Women from 1900 to 1918. 2008. 144p. $38.60 (978-0-8225-7150-6).
Volume 2: Gourley, Catherine. Flappers and the New American Woman: Perceptions of Women from 1918 through the 1920s. 144p. $38.60 (978-0-8225-6060-9).
Volume 3: Gourley, Catherine. Rosie and Mrs.
Volume 4: Gourley, Catherine. Gidgets and Women Warriors: Perceptions of Women in the 1950’s and 1960s. 144p. $38.60 (978-0-8225-6805-6).
Volume 5: Gourley, Catherine. Ms. and the Material Girls: Perceptions of Women from the 1970’s through the 1990s. 144p. $38.60 (978-0-8225-6806-3).
Traces the political and cultural roles of women throughout the twentieth century, including media representations, landmark accomplishments, and social movements.
Greensite, Gillian. Rape at College: How to Help a Friend. 2008. 32p. Teal Ribbon Publications, $2.99 (978-0-9792701-3-0). Gr.10-up.
Rape, a crime that crosses gender and age boundaries, can happen to anyone, and everyone-especially students-needs to know how to help when someone he or she knows becomes a victim.
Hein, Jessica, Heather Holland, and Carol Kauppi (Editors). GirlSpoken: From Pen, Brush & Tongue. 2008. 202 p. Second Story Press/Orca Books, $18.95 (978-1-897187-30-2). Gr. 7-12.
Share the challenges and celebrations of being a girl in today’s world through this collection of artwork, stories, and poetry.
King, Billie Jean, and Christine Brennan. Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the
Tennis great Billie Jean King writes about her victory in the 1973
Kiviat, Katherine, and Scott Heidler. Women of Courage: Intimate Stories from
Portraits and intimate interviews of Afghani women show the courage required for them to survive-and possibly thrive-in the sexist culture of their war-torn country.
Mortimer, Gavin. The Great Swim. 2008. 325p. Macmillan/ Walker, $24.95 (978-0-8027-1595-1). Gr.10-up.
In 1926, four female American swimmers faced both physical and mental challenges in the contest to be the first woman to swim the
Norgren, Jill. Belva Lockwood: Equal Rights Pioneer. (Trailblazer Biography Series) 2008. 112p. Twenty-First Century Books, $31.93. (978-08225-9068-2) Grades 7-12.
Long before women were able to vote, Belva Lockwood became the first women to practice law and argue before the Supreme Court before she ran for president of the
Redd, Nancy Amanda. Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers. 2007. 272p.
This maintenance manual for girls’ bodies provides answers for many questions, including what is ‘normal’ and how to look and feel your best.
Rudahl, Sharon. A Dangerous Woman: the Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman. Illus. by Sharon Rudahl. 2007. 115p. New Press, $17.95 (978-1-59558-064-1). Gr. 10-up.
Explore the life and loves of labor activist and free-love advocate Emma Goldman as told in comic book format.
Shivack, Nadia. Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder. Illus. by Nadia Shivack. 2007. Unpaged. Simon &Schuster/ Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99 (978-0-689-85216-9). Gr.9-up.
While hospitalized for treatment of bulimia, Shivack uses an illustrated journal to document her battle with Ed, her eating disorder.
Valenti, Jessica. He’s a Stud, She’s a Slut and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know. 2008. 219p. Perseus Books/ Seal Press, $13.95 (978-1-58005-245-0). Gr. 9-12.
This catalogue of the 50 most common double standards that women deal with daily includes tips and solutions about how to respond to them and challenge the underlying sexist perceptions.
Waisman, Charlotte S., and Jill S. Tietjen. Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed
This timeline shows the often unrecognized contributions of hundreds of women who changed
