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A review by zoot
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu
5.0
It's a collection of stories about "Brazen" women throughout history and around the globe. I was only familiar with a handful of these women before I read this book because it features historical figures left out of the history books and from around the world. This is not a US-centered list of women which was so refreshing. And there were SO MANY interesting characters, I want to own the book so I can some day dig into the lives of a lot of these women in more detail.
While I love the idea of a non-fiction graphic novel to encourage kids to read about history, this one is in the Young Adult section for a reason. There are darker parts to a lot of these women's histories. (There's also a lot of fabulous sex-positivity!) So if you have a middle-grade reader you might want to pre-read it first to see if it might be too much for them.
But I would encourage everyone women over the age of 15 to grab this book and be INSPIRED! So made great and digestable stories women from around the world and across time. It should be required reading for any budding feminist!
While I love the idea of a non-fiction graphic novel to encourage kids to read about history, this one is in the Young Adult section for a reason. There are darker parts to a lot of these women's histories. (There's also a lot of fabulous sex-positivity!) So if you have a middle-grade reader you might want to pre-read it first to see if it might be too much for them.
But I would encourage everyone women over the age of 15 to grab this book and be INSPIRED! So made great and digestable stories women from around the world and across time. It should be required reading for any budding feminist!