Our Stories, Our Voices
21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America
Amy Reed, Julie Murphy, Sandhya Menon, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Brandy Colbert, Nina LaCour, Martha Brockenbrough, Stephanie Kuehnert, Jaye Robin Brown, Sona Charaipotra, Maurene Goo, Anna-Marie McLemore, Aisha Saeed, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Hannah Moskowitz, Ilene (I.W.) Gregorio, Tracy Deonn, Somaiya Daud, Christine Day, Alexandra Duncan
Readers rate it 4.3 (4 on Hardcover)
320 pages · Released Mar 3, 2020 · Simon and Schuster
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This nonfiction essay collection by acclaimed YA authors addresses serious topics affecting young women—including sexual assault, racism, and body image—with honesty and depth. The essays are introspective and empowering rather than gratuitously graphic, but the subject matter is mature and best suited for older teens who can engage critically with discussions of injustice and trauma. Parents should expect frank language and references to sexual violence, though not explicit depictions.
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In this collection of essays, young adult authors explore their experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. They explore themes on the intersection of race and gender; women and weight; first sexual experience; the devastation of rape culture; and much more. -- adapted from jacket. In this collection of essays, young adult authors explore their experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. They explore themes on the intersection of race and gender; women and weight; first sexual experience; the devastation of rape culture; and much more. -- adapted from jacket.
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- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Young Adult
- LGBTQ
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ISBN 9781534409002 · Simon and Schuster