A review by sfujii
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America by Hannah Moskowitz, Amy Reed, Tracy Deonn Walker, Sandhya Menon, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Sona Charaipotra, Somaiya Daud, Stephanie Kuehnert, Julie Murphy, I.W. Gregorio, Tracy Deonn, Anna-Marie McLemore, Martha Brockenbrough, Christine Day, Jaye Robin Brown, Aisha Saeed, Alexandra Duncan, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Brandy Colbert, Maurene Goo, Nina LaCour

3.0

This was a 3.5 star for me. It was a collection of non-fiction essays, each exploring the many intersectional elements of being a woman. It was interesting in that way. But the text's editor said that the book was inspired by the 2016 election, and so at the end of each of the essays, there is a connection back to this time and the climate of the Trump presidency. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it felt really forced, which annoyed me.

The essays were interesting, but this wasn't as much of a standout collection as I was hoping for.