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NotYourPrincess

{{short description|2017 young adult anthology}}

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{{Infobox book

| name = #NotYourPrincess

| image = File:NotYourPrincess.jpg

| caption = First edition

| isbn = 978-1554519576

| pub_date = September 12, 2017

| published = Annick Press

| editors = Mary Beth Leatherdale
Lisa Charleyboy

}}

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women is a 2017 young adult anthology edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale, and published by Annick Press. The content is by multiple contemporary artists from North America and Canada. It received the American Indian Youth Literature Award and Norma Fleck Award in 2018.

Themes

The book contains poems, essays, and art about what it is like to be an indigenous woman or girl.{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lisa-charleyboy/notyourprincess/|title=#NOTYOURPRINCESS by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}} The work has broad themes of sexual and drug abuse, discrimination, and silence.{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.kent.ac.uk/index.php/transmotion/article/view/527/1239|title=View of #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women (Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale eds) {{!}} Transmotion|journal=Transmotion|year=2018 |doi=10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.527 |access-date=2019-10-30|last1=Robertson |first1=Kimberly |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=189–191 }}

Authors

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Reception

#NotYourPrincess has received positive critical reviews. Karen MacPherson wrote in The Washington Post, "Provocative, thoughtful and sometimes humorous, this book showcases tenacious and talented indigenous women ready to take on the world."{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/these-books-can-help-build-strong-girls--and-boys--for-todays-world/2017/11/29/95099e2e-c8bf-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html|title=These books can help build strong girls — and boys — for today's world|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-03-19}} Publishers Weekly described it as, "a moving and powerful collection that draws strength from the variety of voices and lived experiences it represents."{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-55451-957-6|title=Children's Book Review: #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women Edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale. Annick (PGW, dist.), $12.95 trade paper (112p) ISBN 978-1-55451-957-6|last=|first=|date=October 1, 2017|website=Publishers Weekly|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-23}} In a starred review, Kirkus called #NotYourPrincess "both testament to the complexity of Indigenous women’s identities and ferocious statement that these women fully inhabit the modern world."

#NotYourPrincess received the following accolades:

  • American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Young Adult Book (2018){{Cite web|title=American Indian Youth Literature Award|url=https://ailanet.org/activities/american-indian-youth-literature-award/|access-date=2019-03-19|website=American Indian Library Association|language=en-US}}
  • Norma Fleck Award (2018){{Cite web|title=Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction|url=http://bookcentre.ca/programs/awards/norma-fleck-award-for-canadian-childrens-non-fiction|access-date=2019-04-05|website=Canadian Children's Book Centre|language=en-US}}
  • Young Adult Library Services Association Award for Excellence in Nonfiction finalist (2018){{Cite web|title=#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/notyourprincess-voices-native-american-women|access-date=2019-03-19|website=www.ala.org}}
  • Amelia Bloomer Book List Top Ten{{Cite web|last=kbrowner|date=2018-02-12|title=2018 Amelia Bloomer Top Ten|url=https://ameliabloomer.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/2018-top-ten/|access-date=2019-03-19|website=Amelia Bloomer Project|language=en}}
  • Kirkus Best Book of 2017 in the Teen category

References

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External links

  • [https://www.annickpress.com/NotYourPrincess #NotYourPrincess] on Annick Press

Category:2017 anthologies

Category:Canadian anthologies

Category:Young adult non-fiction books

Category:Books about indigenous peoples

Category:Annick Press books

Category:Books by writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas