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One for All: A Novel Hardcover – March 8, 2022

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“There are no limits to the will―and the strength―of this unique female hero.” ―Tamora Pierce, writer of the Song of the Lioness and the Protector of the Small quartets

One for All is a gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, in which a girl with a chronic illness trains as a Musketeer and uncovers secrets, sisterhood, and self-love.

Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but “a sick girl.” But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father―a former Musketeer and her greatest champion. Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. But L’Académie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. It’s a secret training ground for new Musketeers: women who are socialites on the surface, but strap daggers under their skirts, seduce men into giving up dangerous secrets, and protect France from downfall. And they don’t shy away from a sword fight.

With her newfound sisters at her side, Tania feels that she has a purpose, that she belongs. But then she meets Étienne, her target in uncovering a potential assassination plot. He’s kind, charming―and might have information about what really happened to her father. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion, Tania will have to decide where her loyalties lie…or risk losing everything she’s ever wanted.

Lillie Lainoff's debut novel is a fierce, whirlwind adventure about the depth of found family, the strength that goes beyond the body, and the determination it takes to fight for what you love. Includes an author's note about her personal experience with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.

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Gr 7 Up—All French teenager Tania de Batz has ever wanted was to follow in her father's footsteps as a Musketeer. Tania's dizziness due to her disability and the fact that wo-men aren't allowed to join the Musketeers make her believe it's impossible. When her father is suddenly killed, his last wish is to send her to what appears to be a finishing school but is secretly a training facility for women to become Musketeers in their own right. Tania's sisters in arms are all dynamic characters, and readers will be on the edge of their seats over the race to save the King before a potential assassination attempt. As shared in an author's note, Lainoff draws from her own experience with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) to inform Tania's daring tale of adventure through the streets of Paris. This fun historical fiction novel with mystery, swordplay, and romance is engaging from the outset. The race of characters is not stated. VERDICT A thrilling retelling of The Three Musketeers that puts disabled and LGBTQIA+ women in the foreground as the heroes, this book has something for every reader to enjoy.—Carleigh Obrochta

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An NPR Best Book of 2022
A Junior Library Guild Selection
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
A Buzzfeed Best Young Adult Book Of 2022
A Booklist Top Ten First Novel for Youth 2022
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2022
A 2023 Lone Star Reading List Selection

Praise for One for All:

“A rollicking whirlwind of an adventure novel.” ―NPR

“Among the book’s many strengths is its character development, fleshing out each individual with their own charms, quirks, and flaws . . . Lainoff’s debut is a rare treat, telling an honest story about a disabled protagonist in a historical setting without infantilizing the character or glossing over her experience . . . An unforgettable mystery and dashing story woven from threads of chosen family and sisterhood along with bravery, loyalty, and heart.” ―Booklist, starred review

“Amid suspenseful spying and code-breaking, Lainoff deftly explores chronic illness and internalized ableism; others’ ignorant comments and Tania’s struggles with pervasive self-doubt are painfully realistic. The Musketeers’ unwavering support is heartwarming . . . An insightful, affirming tale of swordplay and sisterhood.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“A thrilling retelling of The Three Musketeers that puts disabled and LGBTQIA+ women in the foreground as the heroes, this book has something for every reader to enjoy.” ―School Library Journal

"An action-packed, enthralling adventure." ―Buzzfeed

“A dashing tale full of heart, courage, and friendship, with an unforgettable disabled heroine. One for All is revolutionary in more ways than one.” ―Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of This is Where it Ends

“There are no limits to the will―and the strength―of this unique female hero.” ―Tamora Pierce, writer of the Song of the Lioness and the Protector of the Small quartets

“A thrilling mystery from start to finish. Lainoff masterfully created a feminist retelling of the Three Musketeers with a strong, determined heroine. Chronically ill readers will delight in seeing themselves starring in their own adventure. Lainoff is a fierce new talent to watch out for.” ―Kerri Maniscalco, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Kingdom of the Wicked

“One For All is a reimagining that is both poignant and fiery―and like no other Musketeer story you have ever read. Just like the blade her teen protagonist Tania wields, Lainoff's prose is effortlessly precise, fluid, and sharp . . . a breathtaking adventure story set in the past that also speaks to our present and future--the best type of historical fiction. Tania's story is for anyone who has wondered how to carve a path through a world that does not accommodate your whole self.” ―Tracy Deonn, New York Times–bestselling author of Legendborn

“A rousing tale of lady spies, swordplay, with a dash of romance. Tania is a formidable heroine, driven to carve out a place for herself among the musketeers. Lillie Lainoff has crafted a story as thrilling and compelling as any fencing match.” ―Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses

“The fierce, disabled heroine of One for All discovers her strengths and defies expectations in this swashbuckling tale of girls who have each other’s backs. A delightful, empowering adventure!” ―Joy McCullough, National Book Award-nominated author of Blood Water Paint

“A captivating, stereotype-shattering, OwnVoices fantasy about defying the odds and finding your place in the world. A heartfelt, gender-bending read featuring a disabled heroine whose differences give her the strength and courage to fight for her dreams.” ― Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures

“A story brimming with strength. One for All will whirl you away to a 17th century France of pulse-pounding duels in beautiful ball gowns, following a sisterhood knitted together by duty and an indomitable heroine to cheer for.” ―Chloe Gong, New York Times-bestselling author of These Violent Delights

“Fierce, breathtaking, and absolutely unputdownable. One for All is an adventure-packed historical retelling that you won't want to miss!” ―June Hur, author of The Forest of Stolen Girls

“A thrilling, big-hearted novel that is sure to become a classic in the canon of YA historical fiction, One for All is everything readers could want in a feminist adventure . . . A stunning debut that hits all the right notes.” ―Carly Heath, author of The Reckless Kind

“Lainoff’s female Musketeers beguile and swashbuckle their way into the ornate citadel of power that was Louis XIV’s court with wit, tenacity, and stirring sisterhood. You will cheer for them to carry the day in this sweeping story about becoming your best self in the midst of a society trying to relegate you to a specific category.” ―Jennieke Cohen, author of Dangerous Alliance and My Fine Fellow

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (March 8, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0374314616
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0374314613
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 18 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.13 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 1.5 x 8.45 inches

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A former Div I NCAA fencer for Yale, Lillie Lainoff is the founder of Disabled Kidlit Writers and the winner of the 2019 LA Review Literary Award for Short Fiction. Her non-fiction has been featured in The Washington Post, amongst other places. She received her MA in Creative Writing Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. ONE FOR ALL, her debut novel, was named a Best Book of 2022 by NPR, a Junior Library Guild selection, and a Best YA Book of 2022 by Buzzfeed and Paste Magazine. She can be found online at www.lillielainoff.com and @lillielainoff.

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Aspasia

An Own-Voices, Genderbent, Retelling of the Three Musketeers

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023

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Tropes: finishing school used a cover for something else, love triangle, found family,
Representation Included: POTS, a lesbian character, an ac character, a demi bi character,
Content and Trigger Warnings: ableism, implied sexual assault, death of a parent, murder, violence, blood, gore

ONE FOR ALL by LILLIE LAINOFF is an Own-Voices feminist, gender-bent retelling of the Three Musketeers following a female main character with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome). All Tania wants is to become a musketeer like her father but when he is found dead and the circumstances sound suspicious, she sets her sights on finding who killed him and why. The next thing she knows, she is sent to a finishing school (a place to teach women to be proper ladies and wives) as part of her father's will. At first, Tania is appalled by her father's choice of school but quickly learns why. The finishing school is secretly a cover for what is really taught: how to use a sword, hide weapons underneath skirts, and how to use them, to seduce men and get secrets. Tania starts to feel like she's found where she belongs, a place where she and her illness are accepted but she has to choose where her loyalties lie when she starts to fall in love with her first target... and he might have information on who killed her father.

Before I begin my review, I read this book mostly with an audiobook because the book has been released by the time I got around to reading it. Talia is about 16 years old and that is shown by how naive she can be. Some parts of the book were a little easy to guess based on books with similar tropes and plots, but I didn't mind it. The main twist towards the end I didn't catch onto because I fully believed the twist would've involved one of the musketeers. I do not have POTS so I can not speak on the accuracy of the representation from that perspective. However, I can speak on it from what I know through research and friends that have it. Based on what I know, I think the POTS representation was done well and explored more than just the fainting spells. I liked seeing Talia's growing connection with the musketeers and the small family she found from it, how they supported her and "wouldn't let her fall." Overall, I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook and anticipate reading the ebook or physical book will be even better.

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Stephanie McCall

A Feminist Retelling? Yes, But So Much More

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2023

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Often, when I read or watch a story with a mainly male cast, my mind says, "I wonder what would happen if that protagonist were female, or if that major character were a heroine." It's happened with Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Newsies...gosh, I guess I'm a sucker for feminizing male historical orphans in particular, because yeah, no such thing as politically correct history, but why should the boys have all the fun?

Funnily enough though, I never got around to reading The Three Musketeers or having these thoughts. So when I found Lillie Lanoff's take, I jumped straight to, "Yes, I must read this, age bracket be darned." Throw in the fact that main character Tania had a disability, and I was completely sold. (History, sisterhood, *and* a heroine with whom I could identify? Yes, please and merci beaucoup)! I mean, where was this book when I was sixteen?

Well, if I couldn't have One for All at sixteen, I'm glad to have found it now. Lillie promised a sisterhood of Musketeers, and she delivered. Tania, Portia, Thea, and Aria fit together great and play off each other's strengths and weaknesses beautifully every time they're together. Yet, they're imperfect. They get frustrated and angry and snipe at or misunderstand each other. They hurt each other and freely admit when "sorry" isn't good enough. They give in to emotions and hormones, but never to the point of stereotypical behavior or bratty childishness. You believe these girls are coming of age, but you believe they're capable of the missions they've been entrusted to carry out. You believe they're young and fragile, yet mature, strong, and smart.

Within the sisterhood however, One for All is still Tania's story, and my mind's eye never left her. I want to commend Lillie because unlike with similar books and characters, I never feared Tania would become a stereotypical disabled character, either too sweet and inspirational or too bitter and angry. Tania strikes the balance between being frustrated with her POTS (undiagnosed at that, with no way to get diagnosed in 1655), and living life with, not in spite of, it. She's determined, she's scrappy, she won't let POTS beat her--but that's because she won't let *anything* beat her. And for once, her illness and associated disability isn't the main character's biggest problem. Tania gets to worry about typical teen stuff too, like how to navigate relationships. Plus she, the "sick girl," the new Musketeer, the one with the personal stakes that could take the sisterhood down--*Tania* gets to be the girl who makes the villain think twice about messing with the girls. Bravo!

The emotional arcs of One for All's plot drew me in as well, often more than the physical ones (e.g., the spy missions). For instance, I spent most of the book eager to learn Aria's history, and I applaud Lillie again for choosing one I didn't expect. I absolutely loved Tania's realization that while the Musketeers she'd found weren't Papa's, they were hers, and she was truly a part of them. Thus, my heart broke for her when her actions and others' actions put that at risk--but again, I loved how Lillie didn't make those risks about Tania's condition. Instead, she made them about Tania's choices, underlining the often overlooked truth that ill and disabled people still have, and should use, free will. Moreover, if that free will doesn't turn out well, we should get grace.

The plot itself moves along at a great clip. It's arguably about 100 pages too long, but most of the time, it's engaging. Plus, I enjoyed all the mystery's layers. Lillie united the Musketeers' mission to save the king with Tania's mission to discover what really happened to her dad, and while that union isn't perfect, it's ambitious and intriguing. It leaves plenty of room for little twists, turns, and quirks I loved, such as the codes and ciphers, the questions of who is the mole (I guessed several times, was always wrong, but never minded), some cool fencing scenes, and the like. There're even a few instances of great ingenuity, like the pre-elevator pulley, and unexpected humor. When Portia named and talked to her breasts, I cackled.

One for All does have a few chinks in its armor, if you will. Sometimes the plot feels a bit too convoluted, especially if you're not too familiar with 1600s French history (and even if you are, it could still be a bit heady, especially for a target audience reader). Layer in the fact that the story essentially has four protagonists, and the complexity might be a deal-breaker for some.

Speaking of which, again, One for All is Tania's story, and Lillie mostly keeps that in mind. There's a mild to moderate problem though, in that the other three Musketeers are given enough background and details that I felt I simultaneously knew too much about them and not enough. For instance, none of the other three have traditionally French names. This is explained with Aria and touched on with the other two, but kind of left hanging. It's more than hinted that Thea has been assaulted or outright raped, but nobody outright explains it to newbie Tania, or seems interested in helping Thea heal. If anything, poor Thea is treated like a fourth wheel. Portia's background is mostly a blank, at least that I remember--the constant shifting of focus between Tania and the other three, plus Henri, plus Verdon, had me skimming in a lot of places.

That's the final weak point, meaning that I loved the emotional and character arcs of the story, and I enjoyed the physical plot. But at various points, I could sense them slipping apart, becoming disjointed. Sometimes it felt like Lillie was unsure what kind of story she wanted to tell. Little "cracks" would pop up in both halves--for instance, a lesbian relationship is dropped in about 70% through, or Tania spends a whole chapter focused mostly on a ten-page letter to Maman, who she hasn't thought much about for over 300 pages. The thread about codebreaking turns out to be vital to the story, but doesn't show up until the last third. One villain wants a revolution for personal reasons, but other than a few tiny clues, we basically know that because he monologues about it. That kind of thing.

Weak points notwithstanding though, One for All is still a strong book, especially for the girls I was at the target audience's age--girls who love tales of both glittering balls and adventurous young ladies, girls who long for both love and academic or athletic acumen, girls who maybe are treated as outcasts or are looking for their sisterhood. I do caution parents who object to that lesbian reference, as well as some mild English and French swearing (the French word for, ahem, "crap" is used). And again, girls reference rape, mildly seduce young men, and flash their cleavage. But if you've got a bookworm of the right age at home, especially one that fits what I described, One for All is a good bet. Might I even recommend it for a mother-daughter book club?

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Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2022

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I can't say enough about this book! I'm not sure that there wasn't anything that I didn't like about this story. There's a strong female main character, representation of chronic illness, LGBTQ representation, and girls being powerful and amazing! I can't think of anything else I would want in a YA book. Tania is such a fantastic character, and I think that she makes for a character that most girls can identify with, no matter if they have chronic illnesses or not. It's also just the emotions and thoughts that she has that make her so easy to identify with. The feeling of not belonging, being on the outside, always afraid of how others see them, is something that I think most people can resonate with. I did really enjoy the characters of all four girls, they each added a different dynamic to the story, and I loved that. They didn't seem to be the standard token group of girls whose only character traits are their physical appearance or one basic character trait. I adored the fact that the romance in the story was not the main focus for Tania, that the story was more of her journey of growth. I loved seeing the girls going around breaking down gender stereotypes by doing things considered traditionally "male." As a female myself, I felt that this story was so uplifting and empowering. I really hope that the author will write more stories like this one in the future because it was such a needed breath of fresh air.

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Wonderful book!

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2023

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My daughter has POTS, EDS, essential tremors, and a few more diagnosis. She is almost finished with this book and told me that she needs MORE Tania! She hates when people mark in books, but she wants to go back through this one and highlight areas. An amazing book for those dealing with a chronic illness.

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Butterfly76

A much needed story about womanhood

Reviewed in the Netherlands on November 26, 2023

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This story means so much to me. The POTS representation was out of this world. The sisterhood and womanhood so well portrayed. I want to reread this story many times!

Beth Starmer

We need more books like this one!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2022

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An action packed retelling of the Musketeers story with an honest depiction of chronic illness and disability at the centre. Very enjoyable!

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Cristiana

You are more than what you think

Reviewed in Spain on March 12, 2022

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Once upon a time, I was a little girl with a dream of being a Musketeer. You know, after watching Barbie and the Three Musketeers, you kind of wish to become one, non?

Lillie @lillielainoff wrote a magical tale with amazing representation for POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), which I loved to see, since there's not one book I have read before with representation for something that matters ❤️ the other musketeers were incredible, each one with their hits and bits and Madame de Treville was just fabulous! There was a love story blooming, almost a love triangle (Étienne, Henri and Tania) and I couldn't believe what I read in the last few chapters.

This was incredible, beautiful, ethereal even! I loved France as a setting, I loved the main character Tania, brave Tania and her three musketeers, Portia, Aria and Théa. Also, LGBTQ+ rep!! Hello, Portia and Aria, my girlies 🏳️‍🌈 love, love, love!

I couldn't recommend this book more. It's going to be kept safe in my heart forever and ever and I just ordered a physical copy because I can't wait to annotate it and lend it to my sister, who loves nostalgia as much as I! 🤍

E. J. Dawson

Wonderful immersion into genderbent Musketeer tale!

Reviewed in Australia on March 23, 2022

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I snatched this book up for the Ownvoices and stayed for the love of Musketeers! This starts out rather harrowingly for our hero Tania with the loss of her father and subsequent forced arrangement into getting her ready for a suitable marriage (so very ick). To do so, Tania is sent to a finishing school in Paris, but her truth thoughts lie on getting word to the Musketeers of her father's murder. Only not everything is as it seems in the boarding house she's been assigned - they train her to be a spy and in true Musketeer style, to save king and country. This story was a wonderful immersion into the seventeenth century France, with snippets of the language explained so those non-french speakers would understand. Along with the factual representation of POTS and fencing, what enamoured me was Tania's voice and struggles, and the elegance in which Lainoff blends a female musketeer group into this setting. Heartily recommended for a cozy night's reading!

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Great book!

Reviewed in Australia on March 18, 2022

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Fantastic story with wonderful characters. I can't wait to see more from this author!

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