Great Graphic Novels for Teens- Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Peneople Begieu *Let's Go Ladies*

Bagieu, P., & Kane, M. (2018). Brazen: Rebel ladies who rocked the world. New York: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press.

 Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World was selected as one of the titles on the YALSA list of 2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. This book is listed as one of only 14 nonfiction graphic novels chosen for this years' list. This is a list created yearly by Yalsa of recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for ages 12-18. 

 This book covers 30 different stories of world renowned women who took the world and their own lives by storm. Each chapter follows the subject's significant events in their lives that led to their achievements. This book would probably be most appropriate young adults that can handle mature content, because this is not a book that smooths over scandal but instead celebrates it. It covers a wide variety of topics and achievements from astronauts, to lighthouse keepers, to gynecologists, and an empress. Each woman portrayed in this book is in fact Brazen and I think anyone who loves seeing women support other women would love this book. 

 I enjoyed the wide variety of topics, time periods, and cultures covered in this book. Bagieu does a great job of presenting the information and stories of each woman in an easily accessible way using color, and graphics to enhance the reading. It is not hard to see why this book was chosen as one of the Great Graphic Novels for Teens this year. The book is well organized, the only thing I am personally missing in this nonfiction work is a references or recognition page for this work. I feel that I could easily introduce this work to a teacher or a student as a mentor text for projects or personal discovery. It reminds me of the style of Georgia Bragg's works, but it does not

give as much reference material as hers. I would just prefer to have the reference material in the back to be able to show students that even well known authors cite their works. Other than that each story is well written, told beautifully, and well defined. I particularly appreciate aesthetically the end pages for each story to have a two page spread representing something significant that the woman accomplished. 

 Other books that you might like after reading Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World: 

  • How They Croaked & How They Choked by Georgia Bragg and Kevin O'Malley
  • What Would She Do? 25 True Stories of Trailblazing Rebel Women by Kay Woodward
  • Why'd They Wear That? Fashion as the Mirror of History by Sarah Albee
  • Bad Princess: True Tales From behind the Tiara by Kris Waldherr 




    Source: 
    Ngilbert. (2019, February 25). 2019 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Retrieved from                    http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2019-great-graphic-novels-teens

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