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    The Radical Element: Twelve Stories of Daredevils, Debutants, and Other Dauntless Girls
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    The Radical Element: Twelve Stories of Daredevils, Debutants, and Other Dauntless Girls
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    The Radical Element: Twelve Stories of Daredevils, Debutants, and Other Dauntless Girls

    Written by Jessica Spotswood

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

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    About this audiobook

    In an anthology of revolution and resistance, a sisterhood of YA writers shines a light on a century and a half of heroines on the margins and in the intersections.

    To respect yourself, to love yourself, should not have to be a radical decision. And yet it remains as challenging for an American girl to make today as it was in 1927 on the steps of the Supreme Court. It's a decision that must be faced when you're balancing on the tightrope of neurodivergence, finding your way as a second-generation immigrant, or facing down American racism even while loving America. And it's the only decision when you've weighed society's expectations and found them wanting. In The Radical Element, twelve of the most talented writers working in young adult literature today tell the stories of girls of all colors and creeds standing up for themselves and their beliefs—whether that means secretly learning Hebrew in early Savannah, using the family magic to pass as white in 1920s Hollywood, or singing in a feminist punk band in 1980s Boston. And they're asking you to join them.

    Original stories by:
    Dahlia Adler
    Erin Bowman
    Dhonielle Clayton
    Sara Farizan
    Mackenzi Lee
    Stacey Lee
    Anna-Marie McLemore
    Meg Medina
    Marieke Nijkamp
    Megan Shepherd
    Jessica Spotswood
    Sarvenaz Tash

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMar 13, 2018
    ISBN9781543687613
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    The Radical Element: Twelve Stories of Daredevils, Debutants, and Other Dauntless Girls
    Author

    Jessica Spotswood

    Jessica Spotswood is the author of the historical fantasy trilogy The Cahill Witch Chronicles and the contemporary novels Wild Swans and The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls. She is the editor of the feminist anthologies A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers, & Other Badass Girls and The Radical Element: 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, & Other Dauntless Girls and co-editor of Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft. Jess lives in Washington, DC, where she works for the DC Public Library as a children's library associate. She is a feminist, a Hufflepuff, and an INFJ.

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      3.5 stars, these were all quick and lovely stories! But none were overwhelmingly amazing