Girls to the Rescue, Book #7: Tales of Clever, Courageous Girls from Around the World

Girls to the Rescue, Book #7: Tales of Clever, Courageous Girls from Around the World by Lansky, Bruce. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780689840791.

In most heroic tales, a helpless young lady waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the spunky girls in this entertaining series are much too busy saving the day to await Prince Charming. These stories from around the world inspire readers to become a new kind of heroine. If you enjoy the stories in this book, look for more fun adventures in the other books in the series. Eight great stories about eight clever and courageous girls! Once again, girls save the day in these eight exciting, inspiring, and entertaining stories from around the world Inside 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 grandfathers livelihood.