"A historical novel about Ida B. Wells, from her teen years up through becoming an investigative journalist and civil rights crusader without peer"--

Before she became a warrior, Ida B. Wells was an incomparable flirt with a quick wit and a dream of becoming a renowned writer. The first child of newly freed parents who thrived in a community that pulsated with hope and possibility after the Civil War, Ida had a big heart, big ambitions, and even bigger questions: How to be a good big sister when her beloved parents perish in a yellow fever epidemic? How to launch her career as a teacher? How to make and keep friends in a society that seems to have no place for a woman who speaks her own mind? And -- always top of mind for Ida -- how to find a love that will let her be the woman she dreams of becoming?

Ages 14 & up