Our Read Woke Challenge this week on homewood.beanstack.org is all about girl power! We are celebrating characters and stories with strong female voices. Here are some of our favorite titles that can help you with the Female Voices badge on Beanstack.

I’m a Girl by Yasmeen Ismail https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2980495

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1239308

Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2882400

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2733579

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1324159

Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3029563

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3073223

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2972473

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jaqueline Kelly https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2525311

Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring by Enigma Alberti https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3034852

Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3260864

Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3089512

I Could Do That! Ester Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda Arms White https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2304518

Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3298239

Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson inspired the environmental movement by Stephanie Roth Sisson https://encore.bham.lib.al.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb3150507

Many of these titles are available in e-book, audio, and digital formats as well. We hope you are inspired by these and so many more stories of amazing young women!