A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls


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"The heroines are tough and memorable and full of heart, and the concept is irresistible." -- Booklist (starred review)

Join an impressive sisterhood of today's most talented YA writers for 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, ghosts and goddesses. 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 Meyer
Saundra Mitchell
Beth Revis
Caroline Richmond
Lindsay Smith
Jessica Spotswood
Robin Talley
Leslye Walton
Elizabeth Wein

Author: Jessica Spotswood
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 03/13/2018
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781536200256
ISBN10: 1536200255
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | United States | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies

About the Author
Jessica Spotswood is the author of the Cahill Witch Chronicles, a historical fantasy trilogy. She grew up near the Gettysburg battlefield, in Pennsylvania, but now lives in Washington, D.C., where she works for the District of Columbia Public Library system as a children's library associate.