**I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review

Fast Girls blew me away. I so enjoyed reading about women I had never heard of. It's always strange to hear of women that were trailblazers, but not taught in any school curriculum. Helen, Bette, and Louise were amazing to learn about. How passionate they were about seeing women compete in the Olympics as well as the push they had to compete in a place they weren't completely welcome. There was a lot of support for each other as well as understanding of how they got to compete in 1936 at Berlin. I loved reading this book. I felt like even though it's a fictional book, I learned a lot about the real events of women being able to compete in the Olympics. It got me all fired up for Tokyo 2020!

This book was received as an ARC from HarperCollins Publishers - William Morrow Paperbacks in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

With Tokyo 2020 Olympics just around the corner, this is the perfect book to read to get inspired. I have heard of the fastest woman alive Olympic competition and knowing the stories of Betty Robinson, Louise Stokes, and Helen Stephens and what they had to do to overcome the adversity from the war and the Nazi organization. This race was not just for their careers but to shape history as we know it. When women were not among the chosen to compete in the Olympics, this story is more powerful than ever to learn about how history has been made and how ti shaped to the world we live in today. I know our community will really be inspired by this novel and will not get enough of it.

We will consider adding this title to our Historical Fiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.