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Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsIt is refreshing to see new girl-friendly twists on old themes that empower girls to believe in themselves and their abilities., "Girls to the Rescue turns a new page and Prince Charming is history." --Sally Han, New York Daily News, Forget about glass slippers and helpless damsels. The moral of this story is: Girls can do anything, even save the day!, Girls to the Rescue is a powerful antidote to all those helpless, hopeless princess stories. These stories are amusing, poignant, inspiring, and ultimately healing.
Grade FromThird Grade
Series Volume Number7
Volume NumberBk. 7
Dewey Decimal813/.008/0352/0544
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisThis seventh book in the popular Girls to the Rescue series features ten stories of girls around the world who save the day through brains and bravery. These tales provide an alternative to traditional folktales in which girls get married off or rescued by a prince., Eight great stories about eightclever and courageous girls! Once again, girls save the day in these eight exciting, inspiring, and entertaining stories from around the worldInside you will find such heroes as: Kimberly, a 13-year-old American girl, who must Iand a plane flying through, a storm after the pilot is knocked and the plane loses electrical power. Goldie, a Jewish girl, who helps her family smuggle her two brothers out of Russia to protect them from being drafted into the Russian army. Taneya, a Rwandan girl, who uses her wits an her skill at basketball to outwit poachers and to save a young gorilla. Reni, living in the Sumatran rain forest, who must dispose of a tiger that has taken away her grandfather's livelihood.