Girl on a Motorcycle

A picture book biography by an award-winning team about the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world

One day, a girl gets on her motorcycle and rides away. She wants to wander the world. To go . . . Elsewhere. This is the true story of the first woman to ride a motorcycle around the world alone. Each place has something to teach her. Each place is beautiful. And despite many flat tires and falls, she learns to always get back up and keep riding.

Award-winning author Amy Novesky and Governor General's Award-winning illustrator Julie Morstad have teamed up for a spectacular celebration of girl power and resilience.

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/08/2020
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780593116296
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 512241 / Girl on a Motorcycle


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2020 pg. 69
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2020 - Book Of Special Distinction
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2020
School Library Journal 08/21/2020 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 10/26/2020
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2020 pg. 128
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2020 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
AMY NOVESKY is the author of Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois, which was a Bologna-Ragazzi Award winner and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, as well as Me, Frida, winner of the Pura Belpré Honor Award for illustration. She lives outside of San Francisco with her family.

JULIE MORSTAD is the awardwinning illustrator of The Dress and the Girl; Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova; and Julia, Child, which was a Governor General's Award finalist. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her family.