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By Becca... A TYRANNY OF PETTICOATS: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls Edited by: Jessica Spotswood Hardcover: 368 pages Published by: Candlewick Press (March 8, 2016) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon 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. Criss-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. 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. 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. And they all have ...

Before the curse, there was a promise. A prequel to the bestselling Tiger’s Curse series, this much anticipated novella recalls the beginning of Ren and Kishan’s story. Before Kelsey there was a girl, raised by a villain, whose love for a hero changed the course of history.  Trapped under the thumb of her abusive and powerful father Lokesh, Yesubai struggles to keep her own magical abilities secret while evading his dark powers. When Lokesh promises Yesubai to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, she becomes the central pawn in his plot to destroy the ruling family and take power for himself. Yesubai is trapped by her father's threats and desperate to protect the man she comes to love, but she knows that any decision she makes will have dire consequences. As dark forces gather around her, Yesubai must decide if she's willing to reveal that somewhere deep within her she has the power to change everything.  I'M BACK! I don't know if you're new or an old reader ...

I have a secret.      Of course, everybody has a secret, in some form or another. Some people never tell their secrets while some people choose to share their secrets with other people, people with whom they trust. But my secret is different than that of any other normal person's. In fact, I'm not even sure if I’m completely normal; I don’t even know if I’m a person at all, for that matter.      It can be quite confusing, not know who or what you are; which I didn’t know, until very recently. On top of that, I don’t even know a whole lot about my own personality. For example, I’ve only just discovered that I have a secret. This still bewilders me, why this matter has been kept from the public; why must this be hidden?      The story of my life is probably very different from that of your own. I'm quite young. I've only ever known one person my entire life, and this person only met me a little while ago. But, despite this fact, I have already...

I woke up, sitting in a chair. Looking around me, I saw more chairs, filled with people. There were thousands of chairs and thousands of people. They all had this politely curious air about them; looking around, wondering why they were there. Just like me. I looked ahead of me and saw a massive Building, so tall that I couldn't see the top. I flexed my muscled to stand, to get to the building, but quickly realized I was unable to.   Looking to my right, I saw an old man kneeling. He looked a bit like a priest, wearing long black robes and holding a leather-bound book. Taking one look at it, however, I somehow knew immediately that it wasn’t a Bible.   The man slowly got to his feet. The thousands of gathered people drew their attention to him, all waiting. Waiting for what, I did not know.   The priest-like man opened his book. From it, he began to read. He spoke with power and conviction, though it was in a language that I didn’t recognize. Looking around me, how...