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Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2019, National Book Award, Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards and the YA Book Prize Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote. Evelyn is seventeen, and though she is rich and clever, she may never be allowed to follow her older brother to university. Enraged that she is expected to marry her childhood sweetheart rather than be educated, she joins the Suffragettes, and vows to pay the ultimate price for women's freedom. May is fifteen, and already sworn to the cause, though she and her fellow Suffragists refuse violence. When she meets Nell, a girl who's grown up in hardship, she sees a kindred spirit. Together and in love, the two girls start to dream of a world where all kinds of women have their place. But the fight for freedom will challenge Evelyn, May and Nell more than they ever could believe. As war looms, just how much are they willing to sacrifice?… (more)
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The use of three such different characters allows Sally Nichols to present a variety of points of view on women's suffrage and the war. Although all three of the girls are part of the suffrage movement, their motivations and involvement are different and the focus is on their personal experiences rather than the ins and outs of what happened. Evelyn, May and Nell are all well-drawn, fully-rounded characters - at times they are admirable but other times you feel like shaking them. Although there are three girls there are only two storylines since May and Nell meet up very early in the book. I kept waiting for the two threads to come together but they never did and this spoiled the book for me a little. This is a good book for thoughtful teens with an interest in history and/or feminism.