Mind Not the Timid

A Novel

Perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Malinda Lo, this YA historical fiction debut the explores the little-known efforts of the womens 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 Lilys family rents his room to Charlotte, a young nurse. Charlotte is in Washington to do more than just to help with medical checks for soldiersshes come as a suffragist to fight for womens right to vote. Though Lily is oblivious to Charlottes activities at first, they become impossible to ignore as Lily learns of the violence the women endure while picketing in front of the White House.