A review by mmotleyu
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

4.0

Loved hearing these different perspectives from women who were marginalized. The one that sticks out most to me is "Chilled Monkey Brains," written by an Indian American girl who was mortified by the scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where they eat chilled monkey brains. She was teased by her NJ classmates and this sterotype has haunted her (along with other more dangerous events). It opened my eyes to some stereotypes that I didn't realize I might be holding and at least one that I was personally affected by. More of these story collections are being published and these stories need to find their way in to our classrooms. These stories have the power to impact our youth and help them learn empathy.