Born to Ride

Theule Larissa Theule

Description

Louise Belinda Bellflower lives in Rochester, New York, in 1896. She spends her days playing with her brother, Joe. But Joe gets to ride a bicycle, and Louise Belinda doesn't. In fact, Joe issues a solemn warning: If girls ride bikes, their faces will get so scrunched up, eyes bulging from the effort of balancing, that they'll get stuck that way FOREVER! Louise Belinda is appalled by this nonsense, so she strikes out to discover the truth about this so-called "bicycle face." Set against the backdrop of the women's suffrage movement, Born to Ride is the story of one girl's courageous quest to prove that she can do everything the boys can do, while capturing the universal freedom and accomplishment children experience when riding a bike.

Informations

• Publié par: ABRAMS BOOKS
• Date de parution: 12 mars 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781683354598
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

A S tory A bout B icycle F ace

Story by

L arissa T heule

Pictures by

K elsey G arrity- R iley

Abrams Books for Young Readers New York
For my mom and dad

-L.T.

For Eliza

-K.G.R.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Theule, Larissa, author. | Garrity-Riley, Kelsey, illustrator.

Title: Born to Ride / by Larissa Theule; illustrations, Kelsey Garrity-Riley.

Description: New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019. | Summary: In Rochester, New York,

in 1896, Louisa Belinda Bellflower defies convention and ignores her brother s warnings by learning to

ride a bicycle. Includes a history of bicycling and its connection to the women s rights movement.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018023154 (print) | LCCN 2018029239 (ebook) | ISBN 978-1-6833-5459-8 (All

e-books) | ISBN 978-1-4197-3412-0 (hardcover with jacket : alk. paper)

Subjects: | CYAC: Bicycles and bicycling-Fiction. | Sex role-Fiction. | Brothers and sisters-Fiction.

| Family life-New York-Rochester-Fiction. | Rochester (N.Y.)-History-19th century-Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.T3526 (ebook) | LCC PZ7.T3526 Bic 2019 (print) | DDC [E]-dc23

Text copyright 2019 Larissa Theule

Illustrations copyright 2019 Kelsey Garrity-Riley

Book design by Pamela Notarantonio

The Susan B. Anthony quote ( opposite ) appeared in the New York World on February 2, 1896.

The interview with Susan B. Anthony was conducted by Nellie Bly.

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