Girls to the Rescue, Book 1: Tales of Clever, Courageous Girls From Around the World

This is a series of short stories, and they are from all over the world. There are ten stories in this collection. The author introduces the stories by noting that relationships do not necessarily end 'happily ever after' and that there might be no prince coming along to rescue the girl. The women and girls are the heroines in her stories; they don't depend on a man to come along and rescue them.

The heroines don't succeed by using their physical attributes, by resorting to magic, or by using violence to solve problems. Their main focus is not marriage but helping others. The stories are set in a variety of countries.

One story is about a fairy godmother has taken a vacation and her assistant is left to take over, but her assistant knows nothing about magic. Cinderella comes to her about not being able to go to the ball and the assistant tells Cinderella how she can manage that without any magic being used at all. The story is not only good but incredibly funny.

Another story that is hilarious is about a Prince who wants to marry a commoner and the types of things the Queen says the girl must do before she can marry the princess. She does them and more! There's also a good story about a girl that get's even with a greedy merchant who tricked her father.

All the stories in the book are really good and live up to the idea that using one's mind, rather than some form of violence, can, indeed, solve many problems.



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