Age-appropriate feminist books for 8th grader?
Post date: 2021-06-15 06:34:45
Views: 98
Seeking feminist book recommendations for my niece! She is 13 and a good reader. I would like to introduce her, in an age-appropriate way, to feminist ideas, but also to race, gender/sexuality and social justice issues.

Fiction is probably the best option, but open to non-fiction as well. She seems ready to learn about this: she is thinking about gender as a teenager watching her peers go through puberty, and noticing misogyny. I would love to give her some books that help her contextualize and interrogate her experiences, and give her the language to talk about these issues.

I am not sure if that's a very helpful prompt! I do not have children and its been a while since I was her age... plus I read a lot of age-inappropriate genre fiction as a teenager, and a lot of those themes were, in retrospect, pretty messed up.
Number of Comments
Please click Here to read the full story.
 
Other Top and Latest Questions:
Bank of America is betting on these stocks, including one Big Tech laggard, in the first quarter of 2026
Week in review: We initiated a position — plus, top gainers and laggards of 2025
U.S. attacks Venezuela, captures Maduro and his wife; AG Bondi says charges include 'Narco-Terrorism'
Buffett says Berkshire has the best odds of any company for lasting 100 more years as he hands over reins
3 credit card and travel deals that feel too good to last
South Korea's Lee begins China state visit after North fires missiles
Answered: how to delete space between menu and main content?
Minneapolis Fed's Kashkari indicates interest rates don't need to be cut much more
Who controls Venezuela's oil now? What Maduro's arrest means for energy markets
Josh Brown: The bull market in this bank stock is ready to be renewed to start 2026