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A review by avalinahsbooks
Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women by Rebel Girls
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
How I read this: Free ebook copy received through NetGalley
What I loved about Rebel Girls Lead:
1. These women in the book truly rock! They are inspiring and wonderful personalities. Every single one is introduced in one short page, but it's all the correct points and it reads great. Fast read too, kind of a coffee table book that way.
2. Beautiful illustrations! Every single one is done by a new artist and it brings a lot of freshness and color to the whole book.
3. At the end, you are encouraged to put yourself on the page next to these amazing women. For a younger reader, this could prove very inspiring.
4. There is also a questionnaire sort of test that helps you decide what kind of leader you are. It's kind of like those tests they used to have in teen magazines. It's fun and in my opinion, quite meaningful.
5. There are exercises for activism and leadership training, which is pretty cool!
6. There's plenty of diversity in terms of race. Definitely not just white ladies!
What I think could have been done better:
1. There are some international ladies in there, but the overall feel was 'mostly Americans'. Well, okay, it's not so bad when I counted - 16 out of 25 were Americans, and I do get that the book is being published in America, so it makes sense to include more of them there. Take this as you will, but I think ladies all over the world can be cool!
2. When I said there's plenty of diversity in terms of race, that's what I meant - race only. I was a little sad to not see even a single trans woman with great achievements. They need to be represented too, especially because there are now more trans teens and even kids transitioning than there were in the past. They need to see themselves. And there are plenty amazing trans ladies to include. (I can name a few off the top of my head.)
Overall, this book greatly reminded me of another one I reviewed a few years ago, called What Would Boudicca Do? They are quite similar in their aim and format, only I think Rebel Girls Lead is meant for younger readers, as Boudicca has quite a lot of four letter words and is maybe aimed more at teens and young adults. Boudicca is also longer (50 stories and not 25) and it has trans ladies repped. However, Rebel Ladies Lead is illustrated in color, while Boudicca is just black and white print, although also has lovely drawings.
Don't get me wrong about comparing these books - they're both great and absolutely necessary. I'm only listing the differences I observed. So I can recommend both and they're very inspiring - if you've got a young (or youngish) reader in the house, you may want to check out both (age appropriately, though!)
I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.
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What I loved about Rebel Girls Lead:
1. These women in the book truly rock! They are inspiring and wonderful personalities. Every single one is introduced in one short page, but it's all the correct points and it reads great. Fast read too, kind of a coffee table book that way.
2. Beautiful illustrations! Every single one is done by a new artist and it brings a lot of freshness and color to the whole book.
3. At the end, you are encouraged to put yourself on the page next to these amazing women. For a younger reader, this could prove very inspiring.
4. There is also a questionnaire sort of test that helps you decide what kind of leader you are. It's kind of like those tests they used to have in teen magazines. It's fun and in my opinion, quite meaningful.
5. There are exercises for activism and leadership training, which is pretty cool!
6. There's plenty of diversity in terms of race. Definitely not just white ladies!
What I think could have been done better:
1. There are some international ladies in there, but the overall feel was 'mostly Americans'. Well, okay, it's not so bad when I counted - 16 out of 25 were Americans, and I do get that the book is being published in America, so it makes sense to include more of them there. Take this as you will, but I think ladies all over the world can be cool!
2. When I said there's plenty of diversity in terms of race, that's what I meant - race only. I was a little sad to not see even a single trans woman with great achievements. They need to be represented too, especially because there are now more trans teens and even kids transitioning than there were in the past. They need to see themselves. And there are plenty amazing trans ladies to include. (I can name a few off the top of my head.)
Overall, this book greatly reminded me of another one I reviewed a few years ago, called What Would Boudicca Do? They are quite similar in their aim and format, only I think Rebel Girls Lead is meant for younger readers, as Boudicca has quite a lot of four letter words and is maybe aimed more at teens and young adults. Boudicca is also longer (50 stories and not 25) and it has trans ladies repped. However, Rebel Ladies Lead is illustrated in color, while Boudicca is just black and white print, although also has lovely drawings.
Don't get me wrong about comparing these books - they're both great and absolutely necessary. I'm only listing the differences I observed. So I can recommend both and they're very inspiring - if you've got a young (or youngish) reader in the house, you may want to check out both (age appropriately, though!)
I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.
Visit my book blog for more:
https://avalinahsbooks.space
Bookstagram:
https://www.instagram.com/avalinahsbooks/