Cirrus@Austlit

'An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world.

'Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books.

'So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time, she imagines herself changing destinies from a glittering palace or an explorer's ship. Instead, she ends up in Australia in 1898, living a tough life as Flo Watson on a drought-stricken farm.

'Luckily, Ming is rescued by Flo's Aunt McTavish, from Sydney. Wealthy Aunt McTavish belongs to Louisa Lawson's Suffragist Society, who are desperately and courageously fighting for women's rights. And Ming is determined to get involved, to make a difference.

'But change is never easy, so how can one girl change the world?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world.

'Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history.

'So when Ming is thrust back in time to Belgium during WWI, only to be rescued from a burning cellar by Marie -- an experienced spy at only twelve years of age -- she finally has her proof. Marie is involved with a female secret resistance group who risk their lives to outwit the German troops.

'But Ming now faces a tough choice: will she send coded messages and risk her own life in this war on which the future depends?

'As Ming learns, change is never easy, so how can one girl change the world?

'From one of Australia's favourite writers comes an inspiring series for all the young people who will, one day, change the world.' (Publication summary)

'Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed history throughout the world.

'She's faced danger and adventure when Herstory sent her to the past to witness girls' bravery in the incredible feats left out of 'histories'. Now Ming asks Herstory for another time-travelling quest – this time, one that is less confronting.

'Ming finds herself in relative luxury, heading to an unknown destination on a ship carrying royal Saxon sheep, travelling with the girls who care for them.

'What do female shepherds have to do with history? And is it even possible for sheep to be royal?

'As Ming knows only too well, change is never easy, so how can one girl – and a sheep – change the world?' (Publication summary)

'The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage.

'Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history.

'History's sister, the mysterious Herstory, believes that the more you know about the past, the better you can understand the future. And so she now sends Ming back in time to work as a maid in an isolated English mansion to see a girl change the world in 1829.

'But which girl? The young mistress of the house is lying in bed blind and immobile, recovering from the measles. Abandoned by her aristocratic mother and the rest of her family, she may never walk - or even read and write - again.

'Ming becomes friends with another scullery maid, Hepzibah, who is desperately teaching herself to read and who longs to free slaves, as she and her parents had been. But what hope has a scullery maid?

'When Hepzibah is accused of a crime that might send her to the gallows, it is up to Ming to prove her innocent, as well as find the person in this lonely house who will - surprisingly - help pioneer the computer revolution.

'From one of the Australia's favourite writers comes an inspiring series for all the young people who will, one day, change the world.' (Publication summary)