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Title:

Girls to the rescue : tales of clever, courageous girls from around the world / edited by Bruce Lansky.

Publisher:

Meadowbrook Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

vii, 107 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Children's stories.
Heroines--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Lansky, Bruce.

Contents:

Fishing for trouble / Sandy Cudmore -- Rachel's promise / Liya Lev Oertel -- Keesha and the rat / J.M. Kelly -- Temper, temper / adapted by Bruce Lansky -- Skateboard Rosie and the soda kids / Diane Sawyer -- Save Wellington Woods! / Laurie Eynon -- The apple pie house / Janet Smith -- Mai's magic / Jason Sanford.

Summary:

In a collection of stories about heroic girls, Kayla saves her cousin from a tornado, Rosie uses her skateboarding skills to rescue her brother, Keesha stands up to city officials, and Emily saves a woodland.

Indexed by:

SLJ May 1998.

ISBN:

0671577034 (pbk.) :
9780671577032 (pbk.) :

Locations:

MNPB553 -- Bancroft Public Library (Bancroft)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)