At the BN Teen blog, Jenny Kawecki tagged "five feminist reads that’ll have you raising hell while you wait" for the release of Jennifer Mathieu’s upcoming novel,
Moxie, including:
Under a Painted Sky, by Stacey Lee
It’s Missouri in 1849, and Chinese American Samantha dreams of becoming a professional musician. But soon after her father dies in a fire, Samantha finds herself a fugitive in the aftermath of her landlord’s attempt to sexually assault her. Rather than heading back to New York to pursue her dreams, Samantha finds herself hiding from the law with runaway slave Annamae. Disguised as boys, the two girls make their way over the Oregon Trail, falling in with a trio of cowboys as they try to stay ahead of their past. If you’re looking for strong female friendship in the wild west, this is the book for you.
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another entry on the list.
Under a Painted Sky is among Sarah Skilton's
seven top YA duos on the run and
top six YA books featuring cross-cultural friendships,
Eric Smith's top five YA reads for fans of the Wild West,
Nicole Hill's five top historical YA novels about adventurous and independent-minded women,
John Hansen's ten must-read YA novels you've probably never heard of, and
Dahlia Adler's seven top YA novels about best friendship.
My Book, The Movie: Under a Painted Sky.
--Marshal Zeringue
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