Kelly, Claire

Nellie in the news / Claire Kelly ; illustrated by Faith Hicks - OUP, UK 2014 - 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. - Treetops Graphic Novels. Oxford Level 14. .

Rosie Freedman is a gifted young African American girl who drops out of school when her family falls on hard times. It is only when she meets Nellie Bly, a journalist on an amazing mission, that Rosie starts to dream again"--Cover verso. Includes factual information about the status of women in 19th-century America, Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, and famous journeys around the world

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Poor families
Voyages around the world
Women journalists
African American girls


United States
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York--Hell's Kitchen