Girls for the Vote

Description

Discover the extraordinary lives of the inspiring girls who have lived throughout history at 6 Chelsea Walk.Polly longs to become an explorer. But in 1914, women's rights and choices are limited - something twelve-year-old Polly learns when she befriends her new neighbours: two suffragettes, fighting for women's rights to vote.Polly's parents are appalled, but Polly is intrigued. And the more she thinks about their cause, the more determined she becomes to join the suffragettes' protest march. But will Polly dare to defy her parents and do what she thinks is right?A gripping story of courage, friendship and speaking up during a time of change, from Carnegie-shortlisted author, Linda Newbery.

Linda wrote her first novel during the summer holidays from her job as a secondary school teacher. Now a critically acclaimed full-time author, Linda has written over twenty novels, been shortlisted twice for the Carnegie Medal, and is the winner of a Silver Medal Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Costa Children's Book Award. Linda does much of her work in her writing hut in her garden but is often distracted by her own furry feline friends...

Girls for the Vote is packed with excitement, humour, drama and a cast of likeable and inspirational young women... but it is also a valuable teaching tool for a new generation of girls as they learn that women's rights could not always be taken for granted. * Lancashire Evening Post * short and accessible, while at the same time fast-paced and fact-packed. * Sinead O'Hart, author of The Eye of the North *