Stewart, Amy. Girl Waits With Gun. 2015. 448p. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27.00 (978-0-5444-0991-0). Gr.9-up
After an altercation with powerful local factory owner Henry Kaufman, Constance Kopp and her sisters find their lives under threat. Refusing to be bullied, Constance puts her brain and courage to work, protecting her sisters from both Kaufman’s violent attacks and the larger threat to their hard won independence.