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A review by jandi
Tales of Girls and Gadgets by Evangeline Jennings, Tash McAdam, Martin Berman-Gorvine, Davien Thomas, Leandra Wallace, Aimie K. Runyan, Kate Moretti, Mary Fan, Lara Hogan, Paige Daniels, Jason Kucharik, Kimberly G. Giarratano, Kate Lansing, Josh Pritchett, Valerie Hunter, Stephen Kozeniewski, George Ebey, Ursula Osborne
3.0
I really appreciate the motivation of the anthology. Each of the stories includes a short author bio, and thoughts on the theme, and a few of them really resonated with me. It would be nice to get to a world where being a woman in STEM does not make you stand out as if you were a unicorn. This would be a great read for a young girl, as it has strong female role models, as well as plenty of action.
There are some really good stories - I enjoyed particularly "Helen of Mars", "A Little Bit Truer", "The Key to the Stars", "The Mad Scientist's Daughter"and "Courage Is...". "A Little Bit Truer" really stood up for me, with its core theme of choice set in a very well constructed world. Too many of the stories for my taste rely heavily on the hacker girl against evil institutions - I guess I would have liked to see more "constructive" roles for girls with a knack for computers - how about programming ground breaking technology that makes people's lives better?
Revenues from sales of the book are donated to the Society of Women Engineers scholarship fund, so this book actively supports the cause it champions.
There are some really good stories - I enjoyed particularly "Helen of Mars", "A Little Bit Truer", "The Key to the Stars", "The Mad Scientist's Daughter"and "Courage Is...". "A Little Bit Truer" really stood up for me, with its core theme of choice set in a very well constructed world. Too many of the stories for my taste rely heavily on the hacker girl against evil institutions - I guess I would have liked to see more "constructive" roles for girls with a knack for computers - how about programming ground breaking technology that makes people's lives better?
Revenues from sales of the book are donated to the Society of Women Engineers scholarship fund, so this book actively supports the cause it champions.