Smart Girls (Racers)

by Leeson Robert (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.22

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $13.39

  The heroines of these five tales which are based on old folk tales, come from different countries round the world: England, Ireland, Norway, the Ukraine, Egypt. But Mary, Fionna, Karl, Maruysa and Zaina have one very important quality in common - they are all very smart. Afraid of nothing, alive to everything, these girls can outwit anyone: a crafty king, a mean old farmer, an angry squire, a sultan's son, and a ghost. Robert Leeson is the author of It's My Life and Jan Alone . Smart Girls was shortlisted for the 1994 Guardian Children's Fiction Award.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $9.68

  Five tales, where the heroines come from different countries around the world - England, Ireland, Norway, the Ukraine and Egypt. But Mary, Fionna, Kari, Maruysa and Zaina have one very important quality in common: they are all very smart. Afraid of nothing, alive to everything, these girls can outwit anyone - a crafty king, a mean old farmer, an angry squire, a sultan's son and a ghost. All the stories are based on old folk-tales. Robert Leeson's books include It's My Life , Jan Alone as well as five stories about Grange Hill school, based on the popular television series. In 1985 he received the Eleanor Farjeon Award for his services to children's literature.