Girls on the Rise Children's Black & African American Story Books home to Tupac and Assata

home to Tupac and Assata

Amaka is desperate to escape the chaos she left behind at home and hiding a spiraling shopping addiction that’s endangering her very sense of self

neighborhood she grew up in

be a crying shoulder for those who yearn for someone to listen

and tossed away negativity to hone her own happiness and create a unique path forward for herself

Girls on the Rise Children's Black & African American Story Books home to Tupac and AssataAn electrifying new picture book by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Who are we? We are a billion voices, bright and brave; we are light, standing together in the fight. Girls are strong and powerful alone, but even stronger when they work to uplift one another. In this galvanizing original poem by presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, girls and girlhood are celebrated in their many forms, all