Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience (Book for Black Girls Ages 12+)

"It's time for us Black girls and Black women to be empowered, and I'm glad we have Fievre to show us the way."―Monique Jones, author of The Book of Awesome Black Americans

#1 Best Seller in Teen & Young Adult Nonfiction on Prejudice

Even strong, fearless, and badass Black teen girls and Black women need empowering words of affirmation.

Now more than ever, we must give our minds and bodies the TLC they deserve because Black women empowerment begins with the youth empowerment of Black teen girls. Author of Badass Black Girl, M.J Fievre brings you inspirational words of wisdom through famous Black women who have changed the world, including Audre Lorde, Lupita Nyong'o and Angela Davis.

Take a deep breath. We don't always have to be strong. It's essential for Black women and Black teen girls to understand that taking a break to focus on our mental health is bravery. We, too, need reminders and empowering words of affirmation that we are incredible and enough.

Empowered Black Girl teaches you to:

• Master using daily words of affirmation
• Experience a life filled with love, Black joy, fulfillment, and satisfaction
• Take control of your destiny and direct your future
• Strengthen your self-esteem and youth empowerment

If you enjoyed empowering books like Badass Black Girl, Badass Affirmations, Well-Read Black Girl, or Brave: A Teen Girl's Guide to Beating Worry and Anxiety, then you'll love Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience.

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, M.J. Fievre moved to the United States in 2002. She currently writes from Miami, Florida. M.J.'s publishing career began as a teenager in Haiti. At nineteen years-old, she signed her first book contract with Hachette-Deschamps, in Haiti, for the publication of a Young Adult book titled La Statuette Maléfique. Since then, M.J. has written nine books in French that are widely read in Europe and the French Antilles. In 2013, One Moore Book released M.J.'s first children's book, I Am Riding, written in three languages: English, French, and Haitian Creole. In 2015, Beating Windward Press published M.J.'s memoir, A Sky the Color of Chaos, about her childhood in Haiti during the brutal regime of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. She is also the author of Happy, Okay? Poems about Anxiety, Depression, Hope, and Survival and Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience. A long-time educator and frequent keynote speaker, M.J. is available for book club meetings, podcast presentations, interviews and other author events.