![]() ![]() Valentina must keep her grandmother’s secret, one that could put all their lives in danger. Oksana must face the lies her parents told her all her life. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person. Before they know it, the two girls, who’ve always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina’s estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work-Chernobyl-has exploded. On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. Like Ruta Sepetys for middle grade, Anne Blankman pens a poignant and timeless story of friendship that twines together moments in underexplored history. The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman (ISBN-13: 9781984837356 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication date: Ages 9-12) With beautiful full-color art throughout to accompany these empowering tales, this an essential book for all girls! With stories from China, Russia, Persia, India, Armenia, the UK, Spain, France, Southern Africa, Egypt, and Germany, this is a collection of tales that showcases the original literary feminists. Here we read the story of Jimena, who dresses like a man to go fight in a war of Min, whose cleverness leads her family to riches and of Nabiha, who outsmarts thieves and wins the respect of the king. Rowling brought us Hermione Granger, well before Katniss Everdeen entered the arena, these fierce protagonists were the role models for strong girls through the ages. Wily women and clever girls, valiant queens and brave villagers-these are the people to save the day in this collection of folktales from around the world and across the ages. In Folktales for Fearless Girls, though, we see a different set of heroes charge across the page. These are the standard stories we’ve heard in folktales and fables for as long as we can remember-challenges faced and overcome by princes and knights in shining armor. Heroines save the day in this empowering collection of folktales from around the world, perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Folktales for Fearless Girls: The Stories We Were Never Told by Myriam Sayalero, Dani Torrent (Illustrator) (ISBN-13: 9780593115220 Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication date: Ages 8-12)
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