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Age Range
5 - 9
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2020-09-08
Page Count
48
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Grade Level
K - 4th
ISBN
9780593116296
Lexile
540
Themes
sports
girls & women

Girl on a Motorcycle

Written by Amy Novesky and Illustrated by Julie Morstad

A picture book biography by an award-winning team about the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world

One day, a girl gets on her motorcycle and rides away. She wants to wander the world. To go . . . Elsewhere. This is the true story of the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world alone. Each place has something to teach her. Each place is beautiful. And despite many flat tires and falls, she learns to always get back up and keep riding.
 

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Age Range
5 - 9
Genre
biography
Copyright Year
2020-09-08
Page Count
48
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Grade Level
K - 4th
ISBN
9780593116296
Lexile
540
Themes
sports
girls & women
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