No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure
School year: Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8
No. of pages 80
Published: 2008
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Based on legends, poems, letters and first-hand accounts, these seven biographical tales tell of women who disguised themselves as men. From ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages to the 19th century, this historically accurate graphic treatment is perfect to transport readers back to bygone eras. The lives of these daring women were often filled with danger and the fear of discovery. However, for the sake of freedom, ambition, love or adventure, these women risked everything. No Girls Allowed brings a contemporary edge to a part of history largely untold - until now.
This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-7th grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published in 2008 by Kids Can Press .
Susan Hughes is the Toronto-based award-winning author of more than thirty children's books, including picture books, chapter books, YA novels, and non-fiction for all ages. She is also a freelance editor and story coach. Willow Dawson is an illustrator and writer working out of Toronto, Ontario. Her recent work includes No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure and Lila and Ecco's Do-It-Yourself Comics Club. Willow Dawson is an illustrator and writer working out of Toronto, Ontario. Her recent work includes No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure and Lila and Ecco's Do-It-Yourself Comics Club.
... Hughes's simple language and Dawson's clean, black-and-white ink drawings steer the work in the same no-nonsense direction and do an adequate job of presenting this uniquely themed offering.--Kirkus Reviews
No Girls Allowed is simultaneously edgy and rounded, an instant hit of innovative storytelling.--CM Magazine
... the stories in this graphic novel are as exciting as they are motivational.--Library Media Connection