

The heroines are tough and memorable and full of heart, and the concept is irresistible. Lee Katherine Longshore Marie Lu Kekla Magoon Marissa Meyer Saundra Mitchell Beth Revis Caroline Richmond Lindsay Smith Jessica Spotswood Robin Talley Leslye Walton Elizabeth Weinīrassy bank robbers, brave trailblazers, and ball-busting débutantes make all sorts of noise in this collection of 15 stories.Each individual story is thoroughly researched, and each includes an author's note explaining the context.

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. Crisscross 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. 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.
