Rebel Girls Champions
A new title from the incredible ‘Rebel Girls’ brand, Rebel Girls Champions, covers the tales of 25 of the world’s most unstoppable female athletes.
Written in the style of creative nonfiction, each story is approachable and easy to read, with a beautiful image accompanying each athlete’s story.
Some of our favourites include gymnast Simone Biles, Skateboarder Sky Brown and Australia’s very own swimming champion (and Olympic gold medallist), Ariarne Titmuss.
We also love the story of Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini who fled the civil war in Syria at age 13. Travelling as refugees, her family boarded a small boat aimed for Greece along with 20 other people. However partway through the journey the boat started to sink. Yusra, her sister and two other passengers jumped overboard and swam for three hours, pulling the boat through the Aegean Sea until they reached safety.
As Yusra settled into a new life in Germany she continued to swim and in 2016 she competed in Rio as part of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team. Go Yusra!
The Rebel Girls franchise is one we at Franc.World are very proud to support, with their multiplatform brand dedicated to helping raise the most inspired and confident global generation of girls.
Available at QBD Books!