![]() ![]() The clothes they put on him were always cold and far too hard, but this felt different. It was usually just as he was beginning to feel warm and soft and comfortable. He knew they changed his clothes when he was asleep and probably because he complained if they moved him when he was awake. His clothes felt different, but then they often did after he woke up. He woke it was still dark, but he could sense something. The darkness felt good now – it wasn't cold dark, but then it didn't feel particularly warm either, but it was comforting. He would like to feel the warmth of the sun and the light. Perhaps if he slept, he would dream again. The dreams were good, especially the ones where he was outside in the warm sunshine. It never really mattered as the dreams continued whether he spoke or not. He often met other people there, sometimes they would talk to him, but he didn't always seem to be able to talk to them. He liked dreams – he felt strong, and it was usually warm and light in his dreams. Those felt slightly detached, as though he was observing himself and not always really part of the dream. He liked those times when he dreamt, he felt free, and he seemed to be able to do what he wanted. It could be he was dreaming – he knew he used to dream. When he woke again or thought he woke, it was still dark. He wasn't sure about the darkness – it seemed much darker than normal, but maybe it was night-time if so, perhaps he should try and sleep. Sometimes they dimmed the lights or pulled the curtains, but this felt different. ![]() The first book sold a million copies in 36 different languages and the second book will probably do the same.It felt dark, but not uncomfortably so. For the second book, in 2017, they did it again. In 2016 they got one million dollars from 13,454 people from 75 countries. The writers, Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, found the money to make both books from crowdfunding on Kickstarter. If you finish quickly, don’t worry because there are now two Rebel Girls books. You could read one story every night but you probably won’t want to stop with one. It’s good to see a variety of women but why not show a bad ending to their story sometimes? We can understand that just because they’re female, they’re not always good people. The two women pirates in the book are unusual heroes because pirates were dangerous and they killed other people. Is it a problem that the book doesn’t say that was a bad thing? Another example is pirates. One woman, Jingū, Empress of Japan, decided to start a war with Korea because of a dream. Not all the women included are ‘good girls’. And it’s also important that boys can think of women in jobs like doctor, Formula One race car driver and president. But the stories are also interesting for boys to read. It’s a great idea to show young girls what women can do. One problem with the book, unfortunately, is its name, because it gives the idea it’s a book for girls. The women in the book did things because they wanted to and they didn’t listen when people told them not to. If you read the book, those pictures might start to become women of all colours and ages. If you close your eyes and think of a war hero and a pilot, you probably think of men. Why haven’t we learned about these women before? Often history remembers men more than women. For example, Charles Babbage is called the ‘father of computers’ but a woman, Ada Lovelace, wrote the first computer program. Other times, it’s because a man’s name became more famous. After she died, some men broke her statues and removed her name from documents. Like Hatshepsut, one of the most important queens of Egypt. ![]() Sometimes, it’s because people tried to remove them from history. You probably won’t know the names of most of the women but, when you finish reading, you’ll ask yourself why. But, the stories aren’t just boring biographies. ![]() The book tells the stories of one hundred amazing women from 1500 BC to today. It’s a book of fairy tales with a difference: all the stories are true. But what if the girl was clever or strong instead of beautiful? What if she wanted to be an astronaut, a politician or a pirate instead of a princess? And what if she didn’t need a prince to do it? That’s the idea behind the book Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Then she gets married to him and becomes a princess. A beautiful girl waits for a prince to find her. ![]()
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