Mind Not the Timid

Perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Malinda Lo, this YA historical fiction debut the explores the little-known efforts of the women’s suffrage movement through the eyes of a young woman learning to raise her voice Lily has never questioned her future. In 1917 Washington, D.C., there are few possibilities for her after high school beyond a quick engagement to her (charming, handsome) boyfriend and starting a family of her own. But her carefully plotted life is forever changed when her brother is conscripted into the army, and Lily’s family rents his room to Charlotte, a young nurse. Charlotte is in Washington to do more than just to help with medical checks for soldiers―she’s come as a suffragist to fight for women’s right to vote.