Girl Tribe Recommends: Books

By Chloe Cornell

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

This is the second novel from the author of the award winning and the #1 The New York Times best-selling The Hate U Give. It is about Bri, a 16-year-old girl who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time.  Her late father was an underground legend in hip-hop, but died before he made it big. Her mom has lost her job and now her family is facing serious financial struggles, putting additional pressure on Bri to achieve success. Release Feb 5th

The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

Author Benedict was a lawyer before she began writing novels, and she continues to write stories about amazing women who have been overlooked in history. This fictionalized biography is about Hedy Lamarr, the Hollywood star who was also secretly a scientist. Born Jewish, Lamarr fled Europe as the Nazis rose to power and became one of the highest paid actresses in America. However she also had inside knowledge about the Nazis due to her prior marriage to an Austrian arms dealer. Lamarr was desperate to help defeat the Nazis which inspires her to create a groundbreaking invention allowing secure communications which led to the Allied victory and laid the groundwork for cellphone technology.