TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rijckeghem,Jean-Claude van
AU  - Gehrman,Kristen
TI  - Ironhead, or, Once a young lady
SN  - 9781646140480
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Montclair
PB  - Levine Querido
KW  - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - Arranged marriage
KW  - Ghent (Belgium)
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Novels
N1  - Originally published in Dutch by Querido in 2020 under title: IJzerkop. Translation copyright 2022; Ages 12 and up; Levine Querido; Grades 10-12; Levine Querido
N2  - In 1808 Ghent, eighteen-year-old Constance runs away from an arranged marriage to a much older man and by stealing his clothes, sneaking out of the house disguised as a man, and joining Napoleon's army; For a young woman coming of age in the early 1800s, about all that's available to her is marriage. When Constance's parents arrange her a marriage with a man more than twice her age, she's powerless to resist. Four months into the marriage, she slips out of their bed in the middle of the night, and puts on his clothes. Sneaking out of the house before dawn, Stance visits the baker's scrawny son, who has just been drafted into the army, and offers to take his place. Hot on Stance's tail is her younger brother Pieter, determined to bring Stance back home to Ghent where she belongs. After all, the battlefield is no place for a young lady. -- adapted from jacket
ER  -