With the release of The Radical Element, her follow-up to the outstanding A Tyranny of Petticoats, Jessica Spotswood has just given us all some more required reading for Women’s History Month. Once again, Spotswood enlists some of YA’s most dazzling voices to tell twelve evocative stories starring a diverse range of girls, all boasting the […]
This week is a whirlwind of wild variety, from your new favorite sci-fi to unforgettable debuts to an anthology that’ll make you smile wider with every story. Get yourself immersed in Tanaz Bhathena’s depiction of being in Indian expat in multicultural Jeddah, or take off to space with Geekerella author Ashley Poston. Get your first […]
Chinese Empress Xi Ling Shi invented silk after fishing a bug out of her tea. Ana Lezama de Urinza and Eustaquia de Sonza prowled the streets for wrongdoers as the 17th-century Batman and Robin of Peru. Alice Ball, she cured leprosy at the University of Hawaii. You might know her as the mind behind The […]
YA heroines, like their real-world counterparts, face off against a range of challenges, from finding themselves to navigating friendships to saving the world. But historical fiction brings its own special difficulties, often highlighting girls who lived in patriarchal societies and weren’t afforded the same freedoms many contemporary women enjoy. We’re kicking off Women’s History Month […]
