6 Best feminism books like You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves by Diana Whitney

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You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

By: Diana Whitney

3.71

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Poems to Turn to Again and Again – from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, Kate Baer, and More   Created a…

If you liked the feminism plot in You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves by Diana Whitney , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Life. Get One. (It's Happy Bunny)

By: Jim Benton

3.89

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

It's all about the bunny. Deal with it. Just in time for graduation, Scholastic presents a full-col… read more

Similar categories in Jim Benton's Life. Get One. (It's Happy Bunny) book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • young adult
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2. Bull

By: David Elliott

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

SEE THE STORY OF THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT Minos thought he could Pull a fast o… read more

Similar categories in David Elliott's Bull book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • young adult
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3. Stitches

By: David Small

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

One day David Small awoke from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he had been transfo… read more

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4. What Kind of Woman: Poems

By: Kate Baer

4.07

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships in being a mother, a w… read more

Similar categories in Kate Baer's What Kind of Woman: Poems book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • womens
  • mental health
"Unclasp the thought of leaving, tie it to the door."

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"When someone asks for the secret to a happy marriage, remember you don't know. This is not a happy ending. This is not a fairy tale. This is the beginning of a life you haven't met."

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"What time will you be home? What time do you think you may be home? What time should we wait for you outside on the lawn while the pasta boils over and the baby cries because he misses you? Oh, befor…"

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

"In the morning, I take your picture in front of the sign, gaps in your teeth. I do not say a life without you is not worth living. I do not say I've memorized every inch of your frame. Instead, I wav…"

-Kate Baer, What Kind of Woman: Poems

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5. Apple: Skin to the Core

By: Eric Gansworth

3.78

Format: 339 pages, None

Apple: Skin to the Core, is a YA memoir-in-verse. Eric Gansworth tells the story of his life, of a… read more

Similar categories in Eric Gansworth's Apple: Skin to the Core book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • teen
  • lgbt
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6. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

By: Kate Baer

4.28

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Kate Baer returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers… read more

Similar categories in Kate Baer's I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • womens
  • mental health
"I wanted art / poetry was hidden in so much in so many ways"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

"women want to live without fear For thousands of years We were not believed this is what we carry"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

"You were designed to find satisfaction in your excellence Your nature cannot be retrofitted to the male without permanent damage to the original design"

-Kate Baer, I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

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7. Above Ground

By: Clint Smith

4.56

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more

Similar categories in Clint Smith's Above Ground book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
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8. Inheritance: A Visual Poem

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

Format: 46 pages, Hardcover

They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Acevedo's Inheritance: A Visual Poem book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • teen
  • young adult
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9. Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel)

By: Erika Moen

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

An inclusive, accessible and honest graphic novel guide to growing up, from gender and sexuality to… read more

Similar categories in Erika Moen's Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human (A Graphic Novel) book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • teen
  • lgbt
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10. And Yet: Poems

By: Kate Baer

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind… read more

Similar categories in Kate Baer's And Yet: Poems book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • womens
"Let your life rest on what is already good."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"It's just another day in the good-bad, bad-good earth machine."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

"We expect so much of children, hovering above them like giant, invincible gods. What a racket to discover as an adult, how little we have to pass down."

-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems

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11. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

Similar categories in Ada Limon's You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • anthologies
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12. In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks

By: Don Brown

4.10

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel chronicling the immediate aftermath and rippling effects of September 11, 2001.The … read more

Similar categories in Don Brown's In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • middle grade
  • teen
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13. Just Peachy: Comics About Depression, Anxiety, Love, and Finding the Humor in Being Sad

By: Holly Chisholm

3.88

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

"In this autobiographical collection of thoughtful and poignant comic vignettes, Chisholm explores … read more

Similar categories in Holly Chisholm's Just Peachy: Comics About Depression, Anxiety, Love, and Finding the Humor in Being Sad book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • mental health
Cover of We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

14. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • young adult
  • mental health
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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15. Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image

By: Siobhan Gallagher

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Author and illustrator Siobhán Gallagher’s humorous and heartfelt graphic memoir details her journe… read more

Similar categories in Siobhan Gallagher's Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir About Body Image book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • coming of age
  • mental health
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16. Unstoppable!: My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond

By: Maggie Nichols

3.91

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

Maggie Nichols’s official memoir is an inspirational tell-all about the abuse she suffered under th… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Nichols's Unstoppable!: My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

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17. Citizen Illegal

By: José Olivarez

4.39

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

Citizen Illegal is a revealing portrait of life as a first generation immigrant, a celebration of C… read more

Similar categories in José Olivarez's Citizen Illegal book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
"I killed a plant once because I gave it too much water. Lord, I worry that love is violence."

-José Olivarez, Citizen Illegal

"my enemies aren’t ugly-faced crooks, they don’t laugh while innocent die.​ they point & say how tragic then go home to pet their cute dogs."

-José Olivarez, Citizen Illegal

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18. When the Stars Wrote Back

By: Trista Mateer

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Light Filters In, this compilation of sho… read more

Similar categories in Trista Mateer's When the Stars Wrote Back book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • mental health
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"The person you are at the beginning of a story is rarely who you are at the end of one."

-Trista Mateer, When the Stars Wrote Back

"There are two versions of me: one that forgives like forgiveness is the only thing they serve here, so I just have to keep ordering it, and one that doesn’t. The one that doesn’t is the one that writ…"

-Trista Mateer, When the Stars Wrote Back

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19. Say Her Name

By: Zetta Elliott

4.34

Format: 90 pages, None

For ages 12 and up. Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Fo… read more

Similar categories in Zetta Elliott's Say Her Name book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • teen
  • feminism
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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20. Someone Somewhere Maybe

By: Sophie Diener

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For fans of Rupi Kaur, Cleo Wade, and Amanda Lovelace, Someone Somewhere Maybe speaks to the joys a… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Diener's Someone Somewhere Maybe book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
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21. You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

By: Diana Whitney

3.71

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Poems to Turn to Again and Again – from Amanda Gorman, Sharon Olds, Kate Baer, and More   Created a… read more

Similar categories in Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves book and Diana Whitney's You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves

  • poetry
  • teen
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • feminism
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • anthologies
  • womens

7 Best young adult books like You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves by Diana Whitney

Transform Your Habits

Life. Get One. (It's Happy Bunny)

Jim Benton

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Bull

David Elliott

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Inheritance: A Visual Poem

Elizabeth Acevedo

4.49

Transform Your Habits

We Are All So Good at Smiling

Amber McBride

3.88

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10 best-selling adult books like Unstoppable!: My Journey from World Champion to Athlete A to 8-Time NCAA National Gymnastics Champion and Beyond by Maggie Nichols

Transform Your Habits

Counting the Cost

Jill Duggar

4.06

Transform Your Habits

One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In

Kate Kennedy

3.78

Transform Your Habits

While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students

J. Reuben Appelman

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out

Gracie Gold

4.10

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