Anderson Coats's harrowing "Mother Carey's Table," 16-year-old Joe dresses as a boy to accompany her father aboard a pirate ship. Lee (1898 two sisters run a pub in Alaska), “Bonnie and Clyde” by Saundra Mitchell (1934 girl robs banks disguised as a boy), “Hard Times” by Katherine Longshore (1934 girl travels looking for work) and “The Pulse of the Panthers” by Kekla Magoon (1967 girl who has never left home meets members of the Black Panthers movement).As a rule, I liked the straight-historical stories much more than the ones with fantasy/supernatural elements.Fifteen female authors including Andrea Cremer, Kekla Magoon, Marissa Meyer, and Elizabeth Wein deliver a delightful selection of historical tales set in North America and featuring strong-willed, capable women. I also learnt a few things I didn’t know about US history.My favourites stories were: “Pearls” by Beth Revis (1876 girl gets job as a teacher out west), “The Legendary Garrett Girls” by Y.S.
I borrowed it for the Elizabeth Wein short story, “The Color of the Sky”, about a girl who meets Bessie Coleman, the first black woman to get a pilot’s licence, which was sad but excellent.However, the rest of the collection reminded me that short stories, young adult and historical fiction are all things I enjoy and probably haven’t read enough of in the past year. And they all have a story to tell.Ī Tyranny of Petticoats is a collection of short stories about teenage girls throughout American history. They're making their own way in often-hostile lands, using every weapon in their arsenals, facing down murderers and marriage proposals. They are monsters and mediums, bodyguards and barkeeps, screenwriters and schoolteachers, heiresses and hobos. 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.
From an impressive sisterhood of YA writers comes an edge-of-your-seat anthology of historical fiction and fantasy featuring a diverse array of daring heroines.Ĭriss-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.
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