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Happy 26th Birthday to Mabel Jones!
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Happy 26th Birthday to Mabel Jones!
Send some birthday love to Mabel via @mabelieve
By the final third, the reality of this alternate world is laid bare and it's not what I was expecting. It's far more epic than such a silly (and sexist) premise would lead one to expect.
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5 Brave Girls From Your Favorite Middle Grade Books
Bravery takes all kinds of different forms. Sometimes it’s about trying something new, even if it scares you. Sometimes it’s about saving the entire kingdom from an wicked fairy god-mouse. No matter how you define bravery, these five tough heroines have it in spades.
Mabel Jones
Books: The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones and Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City, by Will Mabbitt and Ross Collins
What makes her brave: “My name is Mabel Jones, and I am NOT SCARED of ANYTHING!” Mabel declares. Mabel is kidnapped by pirates, forced to walk the Greasy Pole of Certain Death, and experiences countless other dangers on her adventures, but she always faces danger head-on.
Evie
Books: Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson. The sequel, The Shadow Cadets of Pennyroyal Academy, will be here on 6/14! (Preorder here.)
What makes her brave: Pennyroyal Academy is not for the faint of heart. Under the strict tutelage of her Fairy Drill-Sergeants, Evie learns how to stand up to the two biggest dangers facing the land: Dragons and witches.
Princess Harriet
Books: Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon. The sequel, Of Mice and Magic, will be here on 3/15! (Preorder here.)
What makes her brave: When this bored princess learns that she’s cursed to prick her finger on her twelfth birthday and fall into a deep sleep, Harriet isn’t upset: She’s thrilled to learn that she will be invincible until her twelfth birthday! Time for some jousting, dragon-slaying, cliff-diving, and other thrill-seeking activities.
Alice
Books: The Forbidden Library and The Mad Apprentice by Django Wexler. The third book in the series, The Palace of Glass, comes out on 4/12! (Preorder here.)
What makes her brave: Alice is a “reader,” which means that she can go inside books. Unfortunately, that’s more dangerous when it sounds when there are deadly creatures imprisoned within its pages.
Astrid
Book: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
What makes her brave: Astrid doesn’t know how to play roller derby. She doesn’t even know how to skate! But, after watching her first Roller Derby match, Astrid is hooked and decides to join a roller derby camp. Sure, Astrid isn’t a princess with magical powers, but she's still mighty brave in our book.