"When somebody tells me I cannot do something, that's when I do it." --Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the English Channel VETERAN AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST Ken Rappoport showcases a dozen of the twentieth century's greatest female athletes--from tennis pro Althea Gibson, the first African-Amer...

FOR THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD SAMANTHA, life consists of too many unanswered questions. Why has her father not tried to contact her all these years? How could he have allowed her twin sister to drown in Clearwater Quarry when they were only toddlers? And how can Samantha's mother expect her to accept some m...

The true story of a courageous woman's famous journey in 1889 that took her all the way around the globe in record time NELLIE BLY WAS A NEWSPAPER REPORTER for the New York World in the late nineteenth century. But instead of writing about "ladylike" subjects like tea parties and charity balls, ...

THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Anna, a twelve-year-old girl with strong survival instincts, tries to adjust to life in a Florida foster home in a strange neighborhood with an overly tidy single woman and Eb, another foster...