"Heiligman's latest YA biography, about Emma Goldman, solidifies her as one of the absolute best in the business . Heiligman treats Goldman with immense perception and compassion, providing helpful context around her subject's contradictions and delivering a lucid portrait of a complicated, multifaceted, and dynamic individual who dared to imagine a better world, full of joy and unconstrained by rules established by people aiming to maintain or increase their own power. As a work of biography, Loudmouth is a master class, but it's Goldman's story in particular that makes this such a success . Juicy, empowering, extraordinarily well researched, and deeply intelligent, this is essential reading, and not just for teens." -- Booklist , STARRED REVIEW "Activist Emma Goldman was a remarkable woman and, as this sharp, informed biography shows, a ferocious, engaged, observant, and compassionate child and teen as well . The book is fearless in exploring Goldman's considerable strengths as an orator and activist, while also rounding her out as a full woman who became the unofficial spokesperson for the free love movement, who was a loyal friend, and who carried the scars of a nightmare childhood all of her life . Heiligman also does exceptional work in exploring how any single speech, warm exchange, or relationship that Goldman had also changed the other people involved." -- BCCB "The complexities and passions that characterized Jewish, Lithuanian-born writer and anarchist Emma Goldman (1869-1940) drive this comprehensive, thoroughly researched biography by Heiligman .

Drawing information from Goldman's own works, Heiligman builds a vivid portrait of a resilient figure who navigated prejudices against immigrants, Jews, women, and the working class at the dawn of the 20th century." -- Publishers Weekly "Well-researched and comprehensive . will feel relevant to contemporary teens. Vividly portrays the life of a champion who stood up--loudly--to injustice." -- Kirkus Reviews.