It Can't Be Done, Nellie Bly! a Reporter's Race Around the World : A Reporter's

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN-10
1561452890
ISBN-13
9781561452897
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2851464

Product Key Features

Book Title
It Can't Be Done, Nellie Bly! a Reporter's Race Around the World : A Reporter's Race Around the World
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Travel, Biography & Autobiography / Women, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Girls & Women, History / United States / 19th Century
Illustrator
Yes, Singh, Jen
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Author
Nancy Butcher
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
5.5 in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
0.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2003-006306
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"The book contains additional information about the reporter's life, making it a satisfying biography suitable for reports and recreational reading. Fun, factual, and well written." School Library Journal, The book contains additional information about the reporter's life, making it a satisfying biography suitable for reports and recreational reading. Fun, factual, and well written., "The book contains additional information about the reporter's life, making it a satisfying biography suitable for reports and recreational reading. Fun, factual, and well written." - School Library Journal, 'The book contains additional information about the reporter's life, making it a satisfying biography suitable for reports and recreational reading. Fun, factual, and well written.'
Grade From
Second Grade
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Grade To
Fifth Grade
Synopsis
The true story of a courageous woman's love of adventure and her famous journey that took her around the globe in record time. Nellie Bly was a newspaper reporter for The New York World, but instead of writing about ?ladylike? subjects like tea parties and charity balls, Nellie wrote about the social problems of her day, like poor job conditions, dilapidated housing, and dishonest politicians. If someone told her ?It can't be done, Nellie Bly,? she went right ahead and did it anyway. But when Nellie read Jules Verne's novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, she was inspired to circle the globe even faster herself. Did the plucky young reporter go too far? Young readers will cheer for Nellie as she embarks on her 22,000-mile trip equipped only with one sturdy travel dress, a small satchel, and a pet monkey she picks up in Singapore as her traveling companion. Traveling by ship, train, and foot, she has all kinds of incredible experiences'from surviving a monsoon at sea to visiting a leper colony in China. This delightful true story of a woman with an indomitable spirit will inspire a new generation of young readers'and adventurers. Back matter includes additional information about Nellie Bly's life., The true story of Nellie Bly, a bold woman, reporter, and adventurer who set a world record for her famous journey around the globe. "Readers will thrill to this story of Bly's daring 22,000 mile journey..." A Mighty Girl Nellie Bly was a 19th century newspaper reporter for The New York World , but instead of writing about "ladylike" subjects like tea parties and charity balls, Nellie wrote about critical social problems of her day--poor job conditions, dilapidated housing, and dishonest politicians. If someone told her "It can't be done, Nellie Bly," she went right ahead and did it anyway. So when Nellie read Jules Verne's novel, Around the World in Eighty Days , she was inspired to circle the globe herself and attempt to beat the record of the fictional character Phileas Fogg. But would she go too far in her quest? Young readers will cheer for Nellie Bly as she embarks on her 22,000-mile trip. Equipped only with one sturdy travel dress, a small satchel, and a pet monkey she picks up in Singapore, Bly travels by ship, train, and foot, experiencing incredible events and places--from a monsoon at sea to a leper colony in China. This delightful true story of a woman with an indomitable spirit will inspire a new generation of young women and adventurers. Back matter includes additional information about Nellie Bly's life. Awards: Amelia Bloomer Project ALA Booklist, Feminist Task Force Children's Crown Award (Nominee) National Christian School Association, In 1888, a young, female reporter for New York World newspaper sets out to travel around the world in fewer than eighty days, while a Cosmopolitan magazine reporter tries to beat her to the goal., The true story of a courageous woman's love of adventure and her famous journey that took her around the globe in record time. Nellie Bly was a newspaper reporter for The New York World, but instead of writing about "ladylike" subjects like tea parties and charity balls, Nellie wrote about the social problems of her day, like poor job conditions, dilapidated housing, and dishonest politicians. If someone told her "It can't be done, Nellie Bly," she went right ahead and did it anyway. But when Nellie read Jules Verne's novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, she was inspired to circle the globe even faster herself. Did the plucky young reporter go too far? Young readers will cheer for Nellie as she embarks on her 22,000-mile trip equipped only with one sturdy travel dress, a small satchel, and a pet monkey she picks up in Singapore as her traveling companion. Traveling by ship, train, and foot, she has all kinds of incredible experiences--from surviving a monsoon at sea to visiting a leper colony in China. This delightful true story of a woman with an indomitable spirit will inspire a new generation of young readers--and adventurers. Back matter includes additional information about Nellie Bly's life.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.B9692It 2003

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