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Girls who rocked the world heroines from Joan of Arc to Mother Teresa

Tells the stories of forty-six girls who were younger than twenty years of age when they changed the history of the world through amazing accomplishments.

Main Author: McCann, Michelle Roehm, 1968-
Other Authors: Welden, Amelie, 1975-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Hillsboro, Or. : Aladdin ; Beyond Words, 2012.
Subjects:
Girls > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Women heroes > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Heroes > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: Tells the stories of forty-six girls who were younger than twenty years of age when they changed the history of the world through amazing accomplishments.
Item Description: "Portions of this work were previously published in an earlier edition of Girls Who Rocked the World and in Girls Who Rocked the World 2."
Physical Description: viii, 248 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781582703619 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1582703612 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781582703022 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1582703027 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes: Michelle Roehm McCann has worked as a children's book editor and art director for more than twenty years, as well as writing and compiling several award-winning children's books of her own. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, two world-rocking kids, and their brilliant cats, Horace and Percy.

Amelie Welden started working on the first version of Girls Who Rocked the Worl d as a college student in Portland, Oregon. More recently, she returned to her interest in writing and received an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She currently teaches composition at the University of Michigan Dearborn and at Oakland University.

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