When rumors of a dragon and its treasure stir up greed and fear in the medieval village of Middlethorpe, thirteen-year-old Kate is forbidden to join the dragon hunt because she is a maid, so she takes matters into her own hands.
Presents opposing viewpoints about changing sex roles and the effect these changes have on individuals, interpersonal relationships, and society. Includes discussion questions and exercises.
When Amy, the only girl and star player on her school's football team, breaks her arm, her parents insist that she give up football and take up ballet instead.
Marina wants to be the doctor. And the airline pilot, not the stewardess. And lots of other things girls are not supposed to be--according to Adam Sobel. But how does he learn differently?.
Angry and lonely after her mother dies, eleven-year-old Hattie pretends to be a boy and joins her father on an adventure-filled rafting trip down the Delaware River in the late 1800s to transport logs from New York to Philadelphia.
Katie Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, giving women the opportunity to play professional baseball during World War II.
Billy, Finn, and Dannie investigate a series of thefts at a railroad workers camp, they also find themselves searching for Billy's missing cousin, nine-year-old Mim.
