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  • When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if it was about females, they were girls who were going to grow up to be famous like Betsy Ross, Clara Barton, or Harriet Tubman. No one ever wrote about plain, normal, everyday girls.

    "Kathryn Lasky About A Journey to the New World". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson and Linda M. Pavonetti, www.scholastic.com.