Girls Who Rocked the World 2: From Harriet Tubman to Mia Hamm

by Michelle Roehm, Michelle R. McCann

An illustrated, inspiring book for girls tells the stories of thirty girls, past and contemporary, who influenced history before they were twenty, complemented by the life plans of many girls throughout America. BOMC. Original.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kyisha Walter]

I was not crazy about the first book in this set but as you can see by my rating, I was very pleased with this entry. I am not sure why, but this book felt much more touching and emotional, and each biography felt like a story rather than a fact list. I felt that there were more inspiring acts of defying gender-norms and I definitely benefited mentally from this reminder of greatness. There were also structural changes that I liked like the girls' interests lining up with the biographies and some current (in 2000) women listed at the end. I feel that I as an adult learned from both books but this one in particular stood out to me. The biographies are also written in an age-appropriate manner while still facing and discussion issues like racial prejudice and violence against women.

[Cecelia]

There were several typos and grammatical errors in this book. Other than that, I enjoyed reading this collection of short biographies of famous women.