[ISLMA-Share] Nellie Bly

Fri Mar 24 11:35:50 CDT 2017

Dear Amy,

I hope these suggestions are helpful.

Around the World in 100 Days

*By Gary Blackwood*
Gr 5-8–Phineas Fogg made the voyage in 80 days, and in this imaginative
historical adventure his son, Harry Fogg, has made a wager of his own. In
1891, the exuberant young man has bet that he can circle the globe in a
steam-powered automobile–the Flash–in 100 days. There's much more at stake
in this challenge than just the $9,500 prize. Free-spirited Harry is
determined to prove that the automobile is the transportation mode of the
future. His rigid and regimented father has reluctantly agreed to cover the
cost of the wager, but there's a condition: if Harry wins, he can pursue
his motorcar dreams, but if he loses, he must get serious and pursue a
professional career that his father deems more befitting an English
gentleman. Accompanied by his gifted but quirky mechanic; an abrasive,
foppish “minder” who's there to make sure the rules of the wager are
followed; and an intriguing female reporter, Harry and his crew face many
obstacles. Some are natural, some mechanical, and some human. Most
troubling is the fact that someone–most likely one of the passengers–is
apparently trying to sabotage the Flash.

Hattie Ever After
By Kirby Larson.

After leaving Uncle Chester's homestead claim, orphan Hattie Brooks throws
a lasso around a new dream, even bigger than the Montana sky. She wants to
be a reporter, knowing full well that a few pieces published in the
Arlington News will not suffice. Real reporters must go to Grand Places,
and do Grand Things, like Hattie's hero Nellie Bly. Another girl might be
stymied by this, but Hattie has faced down a hungry wolf and stood up to a
mob of angry men. Nothing can squash her desire to write for a big city
newspaper. A letter and love token from Uncle Chester's old flame in San
Francisco fuels that desire and Hattie jumps at the opportunity to get
there by working as a seamstress for a traveling acting troupe. This could
be her chance to solve the mystery of her "scoundrel" uncle and, in the
process, help her learn more about herself. But Hattie must first tell
Charlie that she will not join him in Seattle. Even though her heart
approves of Charlie's plan for their marriage, her mind fears that saying
yes to him would be saying no to herself. Hattie holds her own in the big
city, literally pitching her way to a byline, and a career that could be
even bigger than Nellie Bly's. But can making headlines compensate for the
pain of betrayal and lost love? Hattie must dig deep to find her own true
place in the world. Sequel to Hattie Big Sky.

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Who can think of a historical fiction novel that would somehow fit the
> same time period as Nellie Bly and the muckrackers? I have a student doing
> a history fair project and has to read a fiction book that ties with Nellie
> Bly. Approriate for a 5th grader.
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> Thanks,
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> Amy
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> Amy Bendall
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> Antioch School District 34
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> Library Media Specialist
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> Antioch, IL
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