Jessica Spotswood
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Formats
Description
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.
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. Join fifteen of today's most talented writers of young adult literature on a thrill ride through
2) Born Wicked
Author
Series
Cahill witch chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother's death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.
Author
Series
Cahill witch chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"In the final book in the Cahill Witch Chronicles, the Sisters' and the Brotherhood near all-out war as an epidemic breaks out in New London, and the prophecy that one sister will murder another comes ever closer to fruition"--
Author
Series
Cahill witch chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother's death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.
Author
Series
Cahill witch chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
In the fall of 1942, the United States is still reeling from the attack on Pearl Harbor. While the US starts sending troops to the front, the March family of Concord, Massachusetts grieves their own enormous loss: the death of their daughter, Beth. Under the strain of their grief, Beth's remaining sisters fracture, each going their own way with Jo nursing her wounds and building planes in Connecticut, Meg holding down the home front with Marmee,...
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Twelve YA authors "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"--Amazon.com.
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
An anthology of historical fiction and fantasy short stories features a diverse array of daring heroines making their way in often-hostile lands, using every weapon in their arsenals to face down everything from murderers to marriage proposals.
Collects fifteen short stories of fiction starring female protagonists taking place in time from throughout United States history, on pirate ships off the Carolina coasts to the hippie movement of the 1960s....
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Description
History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure - and to kill. ... This collection reveals a universal truth: there's nothing more powerful than a teenage girl who believes in herself.