Description: The runaway success of Bruce Lansky's Girls to the Rescue series where girls are the heroes continues with a third collection of folktales from around the world

The young heroes in the first two books of the Girls to the Rescue series have become role models for tens of thousands of readers across the country. This third collection follows in the tradition of the first two best-selling books with ten all-new stories, including:
-- Emily, an American girl who helps a runaway slave and her baby daughter reach safety and freedom.
-- Sarah, a Polish girl who saves her father from prison.
-- Bai, a Filipino girl who raises her family out of poverty by pursuing her dream.
-- Young Maid Marian, who outwits the sheriff's tax collectors.
-- Kamala, a Punjabi girl who outsmarts a pack of thieves.

"Forget about glass slippers and helpless damsels. The moral of this story is: Girls can do anything, even save the day". -- Peggy Orenstein, author of Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap

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