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16 Empowering Books With A Female Protagonist

So you are after a book with a strong powerful female protagonist? Look no further than these 16 empowering books.,

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#1 Searching for God in the Garbage by Bracha Goetz

This is a game-changing documentation of one woman's journey from painful loneliness to fulfillment and lasting pleasure.

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Contributor: Bracha Goetz from Bracha's Books

#2 Luz’s Paintbrush: How You Created the Universe by Ashley Kimler and Myztico Campo

It's a children's visionary storybook with a protagonist who is an interdimensional wanderer. On her travels, she stumbles upon a secret void of pure potentiality. Upon entering, inspired by stories from her past, she begins to create stars, planets, and moons. After she constructs a paintbrush to give life to the planets, landscapes, plants, and animals, she imagines what it would be like to live as these separate beings. This unique depiction of the sacred feminine is the first storybook on the market to combine visionary art with an otherworldly storyline for the purpose of awakening young children to the truth of their existence.

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Contributor: Ashley Kimler

#3 The Crowns of Croswald by D. E. Night

The Crowns of Croswald is the first novel in a middle grade fantasy series by D.E. Night that follows the journey of a teenage girl, Ivy Lovely, as she hones her magical abilities all while trying to save the kingdom from an evil queen. While the book is packed with adventure, it's also a great coming of age story of a young girl learning to believe in herself and how to use her inner strength for the greater good.

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Contributor: Angelle Barbazon from jkscommunications.com

#4 Escaping into the Night by D. Dina Friedman

This is a historical novel about Halina, a Jewish girl who escapes the Nazis and the ghetto by crawling through sewer tunnels and living in a Jewish partisan camp deep in the forest. The camp is based on the real camp organized by Tuvia Bielsky, celebrated a few years ago in the movie, Defiance.

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Contributor: Shel Horowitz from Going Beyond Sustainability

#7 Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed

This book by Cheryl Strayed tells the story of her 1,100-mile independent trek on the Pacific Crest Trail. It also includes snippets from her earlier life which led her to this mission, such as overcoming the grief of losing her mother to cancer when Strayed was just 22 years old and the breakdown of her family unit. It also details Strayed’s divorce and later heroin usage, while highlighting the difficulties and growth of her hiking journey.

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Contributor: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics

#11 Working My Way Back to Me by April Kirkwood

A Frank Memoir of Self-Discovery: Inspired by the plight of a woman who shares WHY her MeToo happened, her broken relationship with a star, and how she managed to rise from the ashes and help others in light of the movement. A little girl born into a dysfunctional lower middle class family filled with addiction, molestation, and adultery now is beginning conversations about what happens after we realize our life is a mess. A beacon of light for healing: Why Women Let Men Use them and the Solution to Fixing it?

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Contributor: Kath Fleisch

#12 Roxelana by Osyp Nazaruk and Natalya Alatyreva

Roxelana (Anastasia Lisowska) was a Ukrainian woman-slave who raised up to become legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. She was captured by Crimean Tatars from Rohatyn and brought to Crimea, where she attended a special school for slaves intended for rich Turkish households. Was sold as a slave to the palace of Suleiman, and quickly raised up to become his only and beloved wife (unusual for Muslims).

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Contributor: Natalya Alatyreva from GoodReads

#13 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

This novel is a lesson to women and girls of any age: each of us deserves to live the life we choose, despite any limiting societal expectations. Through the decades-long account of Janie Crawford's experiences, Zora Neale Hurston shows readers that the power of the female voice is not to be denied.

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Contributor: Kerry Graham from Kerry Graham

#15 In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

Julia Alvarez fictionalizes a narrative describing the authentic valor of the Mirabal sisters, four revolutionaries who resisted the Truijilo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Through a combination of historical fact and her imagination, Alvarez reveals how these sisters rightfully became national heroes.

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Contributor: Kerry Graham from Kerry Graham

#16 Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel

Although Tita, the protagonist of this work of magical realism, is certainly independent in her own right, it is her sister Gertrudis who truly exemplifies what it means for a woman to make her own choices. With every societal norm she defies, Gertrudis inspires readers to do more than follow the path to our fulfillment; she challenges us to create the path ourselves.

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Contributor: Kerry Graham from Kerry Graham

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Written by Taegan Lion