Women are powerful forces in the YA book world. Most YA authors are women and most YA stories are about women. And sometimes, that means they’re about women that actually existed, giving us a glimpse into real history. Today, to celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re talking about YA books featuring real women who made a big difference.
My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden
Deadly by Julie Chibbaro
Worlds of Ink and Shadow by Lena Coakley
The Queen’s Daughter by Susan Coventry
Audacity by Melanie Crowder
I Am Remembrandt’s Daughter by Lynn Cullen
Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz
The Académie by Susanne Dunlap
Anastasia’s Secret by Susanne Dunlap
In the Shadow of the Lamp by Susanne Dunlap
The World Within by Jane Eagland
Hamilton and Peggy! by L.M. Elliott
The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle
The Lightning Dreamer by Margarita Engle
I Was Jane Austen’s Best Friend by Cora Harrison
At the House of the Magician by Mary Hooper
A Sweet Disorder by Jacqueline Kolosov
The King’s Rose by Alisa Libby
Gilt by Katherine Longshore
Tarnish by Katherine Longshore
Always Emily by Michaela MacColl
Nobody’s Secret by Michaela MacColl
Prisoners in the Palace by Michaela MacColl
Promise the Night by Michaela MacColl
The Revelation of Louisa May by Michaela MacColl
Secrets in the Snow by Michaela MacColl
What Every Girl Should Know by J. Albert Mann
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan
The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara
The Lost Crown by Sarah Miller
Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nichols
We Hear the Dead by Dianne K. Salerni
White Rose by Kip Wilson
Daughter of Xanadu by Dori Jones Yang