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Marley Dias Gets It Done

by Marley Dias

Ages: 9+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Scholastic Press

ISBN: 978-1-338-13689-0

Keywords: Activism, Girls and women, Self-esteem

Teen Marley Dias, founder of #1000blackgirlbooks, shares advice on activism based on her experiences. Copious photographs and a list of 1000 books with black girls as protagonists.