{"id":18554,"date":"2022-03-18T09:19:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T13:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=18554"},"modified":"2022-03-18T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:16:48","slug":"womens-history-month-middle-school-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=18554","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s History Month: Middle School Book Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220318-spanish.pdf\">en espa\u00f1ol (PDF)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220318-amharic.pdf\">\u12a0\u121b\u122d\u129b (PDF)<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/cms\/lib\/VA01918616\/Centricity\/Domain\/4\/ACPS-Express-20220318-arabic.pdf\"> \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In celebration of Women\u2019s History Month, ACPS librarians are recommending some of their favorite age-appropriate reads throughout March. Stories of women who have made significant contributions in our society and everyday lives should be shared beginning at an early age. These books are a part of the ACPS library system, and we encourage students and families to check out these informative and captivating books.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s History Month is a celebration of women\u2019s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in March in the U.S. since 1987. Learn more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/womenshistorymonth.gov\/\">Women\u2019s History Month website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cJosephine Against the Sea\u201d by Shakirah Bourne.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAcross the Desert\u201d by Dusti Bowling.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFinish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote\u201d by Veronica Chambers.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cVotes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot\u201d by Winifred Conkling.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country\u201d by Ilene Cooper.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cForce of Fire\u201d by Sayantani DasGupta.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLifting as We Climb: Black Women&#8217;s Battle for the Ballot Box\u201d by Evette Dionne.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBarefoot Dreams of Petra Luna\u201d by Alda P. Dobbs.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWonder Women of Science: How 12 Geniuses Are Rocking Science, Technology, and the World\u201d by Tiera Fletcher and Ginger Rue.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHow to Find What You&#8217;re Not Looking For\u201d by Veera Hiranandani.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPiece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin&#8217;s Hijab\u201d by Priya Huq.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAmina&#8217;s Song\u201d by Hena Khan.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAin&#8217;t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me &#8217;round: My Story of the Making of Martin Luther King Day\u201d by Kathlyn J. Kirkwood.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLatinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers\u201d by Juliet Men\u00e9ndez.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBecoming Naomi Le\u00f3n\u201d by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Dreamer\/El So\u00f1ador\u201d by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEcho\u201d by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBecoming: Adapted for Young Readers\u201d by Michelle Obama.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCece Rios and the Desert of Souls\u201d by Kaela Rivera.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBarakah Beats\u201d by Maleeha Siddiqui.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBaseball&#8217;s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues\u201d by Andrea Williams.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI am Malala\u201d by Malala Yousafzai.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRoses And Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won The Right to Vote\u201d by Susan Zimet and Todd Hasak-Lowy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of Women\u2019s History Month, ACPS librarians are recommending some of their favorite age-appropriate reads throughout March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 23:30:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18554"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18594,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18554\/revisions\/18594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}