The Girl Who Rode a Shark: And Other Stories of Daring Women

by Ailsa Ross

Book Overview

An inspiring biographical collection celebrating the adventurousness and ingenuity of girls and women around the world.

Now more than ever, the world is recognizing how strong women and girls are. How strong? In the early 1920s, Inuit expeditioner Ada Blackjack survived for two years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Arctic Ocean before she was finally rescued. And she's just one example.

The Girl Who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772780987
• ISBN13: 9781772780987
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Pajama Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7