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Synopsis
Welcome to the Matriarchy. Sixty years after a virus has wiped out almost all the men on the planet, things are pretty much just as you would imagine a world run by women might be: war has ended; greed is not tolerated; the ecological needs of the planet are always put first. In two generations, the female population has grieved, pulled together and moved on, and life really is pretty good - if you're a girl. It's not so great if you're a boy, but fourteen-year-old River wouldn't know that. Until she met Mason, she thought they were extinct.
Is Who Runs the World? appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A thought-provoking gender-flipped dystopia where a teen girl discovers a boy in a world where men are nearly extinct. Explores themes of sexism, discrimination, and societal prejudice with mild violence and no sexual content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include genocide, mass death, and plague/epidemic (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be intrigued by the concept of a world run entirely by women and the forbidden friendship between River and the last boy she's ever met.