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Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings

by Linda Rodríguez McRobbie

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"OK! We’re getting better stories. Although I still can’t come to terms with the fact that some of these stories are rooted in myths and legends and thus maybe untrue." — Nov 26, 2017 06:52PM

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Queer There and Everywhere: 22 People Who Changed the World

by Sarah Prager (Goodreads Author)

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"Half the reason I bought this was because of Joan of Arc.

I’m not actually sure she should even be defined as queer, though? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I dunno folks!" — Nov 26, 2017 06:19PM

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In the Country: Stories

by Mia Alvar

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"this is about the time i wished i did star ratings to make ranking these stories easier but at the same time i dont know that they could be ranked?

anyway i liked “The Miracle Worker” (better than “ The Kontrabida” at least)" — Feb 05, 2019 01:53PM

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“Whenever she had a problem to consider, she invariably found herself in the library, for it was easier to think when she was surrounded by books.”
― Erika Johansen, The Invasion of the Tearling

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“as always, the story was the compelling thing, worth all of its suffering to find out the ending”
― Erika Johansen, The Fate of the Tearling

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“Stories moved Kelsea most, stories of things that never were, stories that transported her beyond the changeless world of the cottage.”
― Erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling

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“Memory cut infinitely deeper than swords;”
― Erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling

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“Time stretched years back and years forward, but nothing that came afterward ever had the power to wash away what came before.”
― Erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling

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