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Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, & Other Female Villains by Jane Yolen, Rebecca Guay
4.0
Good middle-grade nonfiction is very rare, and when a good one comes along and it's written by Jane Yolen? Excellent.
This is simply two-to-four page biographies on famous "bad girls" of history, from the Biblical to the more modern. Little comic vignettes with the authors are interspersed, it's a good time overall.
The inclusion of the Salome story is the only downside, given her underage...activities. The inclusion makes sense, but is likely to cause some problems given the age group this is designed for.
Beyond that, however, a really solid nonfiction title. Definitely worth a look.
This is simply two-to-four page biographies on famous "bad girls" of history, from the Biblical to the more modern. Little comic vignettes with the authors are interspersed, it's a good time overall.
The inclusion of the Salome story is the only downside, given her underage...activities. The inclusion makes sense, but is likely to cause some problems given the age group this is designed for.
Beyond that, however, a really solid nonfiction title. Definitely worth a look.