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Happy International Women’s Day 2023!

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate this global holiday, here are some books starring girls and women set all around the world!

Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender

Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child.

Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She’s hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, a spirit only she can see won’t stop following her, and—worst of all—Caroline’s mother left home one day and never came back.

But when a new student named Kalinda arrives, Caroline’s luck begins to turn around. Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados with a special smile for everyone, becomes Caroline’s first and only friend—and the person for whom Caroline has begun to develop a crush.

Now, Caroline must find the strength to confront her feelings for Kalinda, brave the spirit stalking her through the islands, and face the reason her mother abandoned her. Together, Caroline and Kalinda must set out in a hurricane to find Caroline’s missing mother—before Caroline loses her forever.

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Fave Five: Queer Histfic Set in Paris

What’s Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos, translated into English from Greek by Karen Emmerich (1897)

The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher (1919)

The Last Nude by Ellis Avery (1927)

The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (1929)

The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert (1941)

Bonus: For a more recent historical set in France but not Paris, check out Lie With Me by Philippe Besson, translated into English from French by Molly Ringwald (1984)