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Eight great stories about eightclever and courageous girls! Once again, girls save the day in these eight exciting, inspiring, and entertaining stories from around the worldInside you will find such heroes as: Kimberly, a 13-year-old American girl, who must Iand a plane flying through, a storm after the pilot is knocked and the plane loses electrical power. Goldie, a Jewish girl, who helps her family smuggle her two brothers out of Russia to protect them from being drafted into the Russian army. Taneya, a Rwandan girl, who uses her wits an her skill at basketball to outwit poachers and to save a young gorilla. Reni, living in the Sumatran rain forest, who must dispose of a tiger that has taken away her grandfather's livelihood.Lansky, Bruce is the author of 'Girls to the Rescue Tales of Clever, Courageous Girls from Around the World' with ISBN 9780689840791 and ISBN 0689840799.
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