The true story of a courageous woman’s love of adventure and her famous journey that took her around the globe in record time.
Nellie Bly was a newspaper reporter for The New York World, but instead of writing about “ladylike” subjects like tea parties and charity balls, Nellie wrote about the social problems of her day, like poor job conditions, dilapidated housing, and dishonest politicians. If someone told her “It can’t be done, Nellie Bly,” she went right ahead and did it anyway. But when Nellie read Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, she was inspired to circle the globe even faster herself. Did the plucky young reporter go too far?
Young readers will cheer for Nellie as she embarks on her 22,000-mile trip equipped only with one sturdy travel dress, a small satchel, and a pet monkey she picks up in Singapore as her traveling companion. Traveling by ship, train, and foot, she has all kinds of incredible experiences―from surviving a monsoon at sea to visiting a leper colony in China.
This delightful true story of a woman with an indomitable spirit will inspire a new generation of young readers―and adventurers. Back matter includes additional information about Nellie Bly’s life.
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Nancy Butcher is the author of more than two dozen books for children and adults, including It Can’t Be Done, Nellie Bly! and The Fire-Us Trilogy, coauthored with Jennifer Armstrong. A graduate of the University of Chicago, she lives in New York.
Grade 3-6–Bly's journey is simply described, capitalizing on the inherent drama of her race against time and, later, a competitor. Butcher offers readers clear explanations of the ways in which travel and career opportunities for women differed in 1889. The young woman's limited knowledge of the places and cultures she visited was reflected in her news stories of raw impressions rather than the informed insight of today's small world. This lively account follows Bly from New York to London, France, Italy, Egypt, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Japan, San Francisco, and triumph in Hoboken, NJ. Her travel attire and remarkably meager luggage are described, along with climatic changes, struggles with the telegraph system to file stories and receive information, and efforts to obtain required travel documents. The book contains additional information about the reporter's life, making it a satisfying biography suitable for reports and recreational reading. Fun, factual, and well written.–Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI
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