Newsgirl

Title

Newsgirl

Author

Liza Ketchum

Type

Juvenile Fiction

Call Number

Y KET

ISBN

9780670011193

Julius started to hand her a flag-then blinked and stared. He didn’t recognise her! Amelia swallowed her triumph and put out her hand. “I’m Emile,” she said. “Emile Duprey.”

Review

What happens when you are a girl and trying to make some extra money by selling newspapers for your penniless family who just arrived in America? You get bullied by the boys—not unless you look like one of them.

When young Amelia masquerades as Emile to become a newsboy and to write news stories in 1900s America, she also gets more than what she bargained for, when she gets involved in an adventure involving a hot air balloon and gets kidnapped as a cabin boy! This is an inspiring and remarkable tale of how it takes more than just your gender to prove your abilities and make a name for yourself.

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Recommended by Chen Wanying, NLB librarian