A tyranny of petticoats
Subtitle: 15 stories of belles, bank robbers & other badass girls
By: edited by Jessica Spotswood
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Somerville, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780763678487
Subjects: Heroines in literature; Heiresses; American Adventure stories; Bodyguards; American Short stories; Monsters; Fiction
Other titles: 15 stories of belles, bank robbers & other badass girls; 15 stories of belles, bank robbers and other badass girls; Fifteen stories of belles, bank robbers & other badass girls
Description: Criss-cross America   on dogsleds and ships, stagecoaches and trains   from pirate ships off the coast of the Carolinas to the peace, love, and protests of 1960s Chicago. Join fifteen of today s most talented writers of young adult literature on a thrill ride through history with American girls charting their own course. They are monsters and mediums, bodyguards and barkeeps, screenwriters and schoolteachers, heiresses and hobos. They're making their own way in often-hostile lands, using every weapon in their arsenals, facing down murderers and marriage proposals. And they all have a story to tell. With stories by:J. Anderson Coats Andrea Cremer Y. S. Lee Katherine Longshore Marie Lu Kekla Magoon Marissa MeyerSaundra MitchellBeth RevisCaroline RichmondLindsay SmithJessica SpotswoodRobin TalleyLeslye WaltonElizabeth Wein.
Notes: YA Childrens Plus, Inc.