Salute, applaud and stand up for girls with LitWorld's Stand Up for Girls campaign.
Let us stand together to champion the right of all girls to be Fierce, Fearless and Free.
Retrieved from http://litworld.org/standupforgirls
on October 3, 2012.
In aid of the United Nation's International Day of the Girl, October 11, support the goal of literacy for girls world-wide with these non-fiction titles that advocates for girls to be...
Fierce Fearless Free
Non-Fiction
by Mariatu Kamara with Susan McLelland
Annick Press
216 pp.
Ages 14+
2008
This is the true story of Mariatu Kamara of civil war-torn Sierra Leone whose village is attacked by boy-rebel soldiers and who has both her hands cut off.
by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Illustrated by Tom Bagley
Walrus/Whitecap Books
120 pp.
Ages 9-12
2009
Thirty-four women in various fields are showcased for their amazing accomplishments.
by Barbara Greenwood
Kids Can Press
136 pp.
Ages 9-14
2007
A fictionalized story of twelve-year-old Emily, interwoven with historical accounts, of work in a factory at the early 20th century.
by Joy Crysdale
Second Story Press
118 pp.
Ages 9-13
2010
Ten female journalists, including Canadians, defied racism, sexism, personal illness and other obstacles to ensure they got the story.
Hana's Suitcase Anniversary Album
by Karen Levine
Second Story Press
176 pp.
Ages 9-13
2012
Fumiko Ishioka, director of the Tokyo Holocaust Education Centre, discovers an old suitcase and unravels the poignant story of Czechoslovakian-born Jew, Hana Brady, during the Holocaust.
Edited by Susan Musgrave
Annick Press
112 pp.
Ages 14+
2001
Seven authors, including the editor, share details of personal events that shaped their lives.
by Susan Hughes and Willow Dawson
Kids Can Press
80 pp.
Ages 9-12
2008
The stories of seven females who disguised themselves as males in order to circumvent gender-based prejudice.
by Marthe Jocelyn
Tundra Books
208 pp.
Ages 10-13
2012
--> A collection of literary biographies from across time, revealing cultures, stories, histories, and tragedies.
Shannen and the Dream for a Schoolby Janet Wilson
Second Story Press
978-1-926920-30-6
206 pp.
Ages 8+
2011
Thirteen-year-old Shannen Koostachin fought to rid her Cree community in Attawapiskat of its contaminated, temporary school and have a new one built.
by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
Annick Press
120 pp.
Ages 8-13
2011
Margaret Pokiak returns to her Inuit community after two years at residential school and finds herself feeling like an outsider.
Help girls be
Fierce Fearless Free
Three previous lists for International Day of the Girl can be accessed here:
• Picture Books
• Fiction (middle grade novels)
• Young Adult fiction
This comment came through from Cathy Ostlere, author of Karma (Razorbill/Penguin Canada, 2012), another YA book I should have had on my list!
ReplyDeleteHelen, I was trying to post on Can Lit but it wouldn't work so here is my comment! Thank you for posting this fantastic list of strong girl characters -- my reading list just grew! You are definitely standing up for International Day of the Girl.