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Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves and Other Female Villains

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By Jane Yolen, Heidi Stemple
Publisher Charlesbridge
Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves and Other Female Villains
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From Jezebel to Catherine the Great, from Cleopatra to Mae West, from Mata Hari to Bonnie Parker, strong women have been a problem for historians, storytellers, and readers. Strong females smack of the unfeminine. They have been called wicked, wanton, and willful. Sometimes that is a just designation, but just as often it is not. Wellbehaved women seldom make history, is the frequently quoted statement by historian and feminist Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. But what makes these misbehaving women bad? Are we idolizing the wicked or salvaging the strong?In BAD GIRLS, readers meet twentysix of historys most notorious women, each with a rotten reputation. But authors Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple remind us that there are two sides to every story. Was Delilah a harlot or hero? Was Catherine the Great a great ruler, or just plain ruthless? At the end of each chapter, Yolen and Stemple appear as themselves in comic panels as they debate each girls badnessHeidi as the prosecution, Jane for context.This unique and sassy examination of famed, female historical figures will engage readers with its unusual presentation of the subject matter. Heidi and Janes strong arguments for the innocence and guilt of each bad girl promotes the practice of critical thinking as well as the idea that history is subjective. Rebecca Guays detailed illustrations provide a rich, stylized portrait of each woman, while the inclusion of comic panels will resonate with fans of graphic novels.

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18541 words18,541 words
172 pages172 pages
Lexile 800LLexile 800L
Grade 6 to 9Grade 6 to 9
Age 11-14Age 11-14
Published 2013Published 2013

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