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The Girl Who Rode a Shark

A middle-grade nonfiction book by Ailsa Ross.

Ailsa Ross, illustrated by Amy Blackwell

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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 Rode a Shark: True Stories of Daring Women is a rousing collection of biographies focused on women and girls who have written, explored, or otherwise plunged headfirst into the pages of history.

Undaunted by expectations, they made their mark by persevering in pursuit of their passions. The tales come from a huge variety of times and places, from a Canadian astronaut to an Indian secret agent to a Balkan pirate queen who stood up to Ancient Rome. (From Pajama Press)

From the book

An interior image from The Girl Who Rode a Shark by Ailsa Ross, illustrated by Amy Blackwell. (Pajama Press)
An interior image from The Girl Who Rode a Shark by Ailsa Ross, illustrated by Amy Blackwell. (Pajama Press)

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