From the author of You Are Mighty, a real-life derring-do woman, a collection of exhilarating stories, activities, and tips to inspire girls to pursue a life of adventure and excitement.
Caroline Paul is the author of You Are Mighty, a young person’s guide to changing the world, and Lost Cat, A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, as well as the memoir Fighting Fire and the novel East Wind, Rain. She is a longtime member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto. Wendy MacNaughton is a New York Times bestselling illustrator whose books include Lost Cat, Pen & Ink, Knives & Ink, Salt Fat Acid Heat, and Meanwhile in San Francisco. They live in San Francisco.
Caroline Paul’s inspiring and sometimes astonishing stories of the
adventures that she and other great women have undertaken,
alongside Wendy MacNaughton’s beautiful illustrations, make The
Gutsy Girl the book of the year for daredevils, doers, and dreamers
of all ages.
*Cheryl Strayed, author of WILD*
The perfect book for young feminists, or really any woman who needs
a dose of inspiration in her life . . . Viva la Gutsy Girl!
*Buzzfeed*
A modern manifesto for bravery, perseverance, and breaking the
tyranny of perfection.
*Maria Popova*
Part high-energy how-to guide, part hilarious memoir, and part
interactive adventure journal designed to help girls of all ages
build confidence, pluck, and bravery by venturing outside.
*Outside Magazine*
Paul encourages readers--girls, specifically--to pursue lives of
excitement in a book that blends elements of memoir, guidebook, and
journal.
*Publishers Weekly*
Delightful . . . There’s a lot here that will thrill any girl--or
boy--of any age.
*San Francisco Chronicle*
If Pippi Longstocking and Sheryl Sandberg got together and penned a
book for tween girls, this brilliantly written and illustrated gem
would be it.
*Parent.co*
An incredible book for raising ‘gutsy’ girls and a must-read for
adventurous women . . . Paul’s book will convince any woman that
she, too, is destined for a life of epic adventure--whether it’s in
the woods or in the boardroom.
*Quartz.com*
A must for inspiring girls of all ages--young and young at
heart.
*Stanford Magazine*
Paul's exuberant prose is made even better by Wendy MacNaughton's
charming illustrations, which help place us in the
adrenaline-fueled scenes . . . An adventure tome, field manual,
journal, and self-help book all in one, Gutsy makes an excellent
gift for girls graduating elementary school, though it's a good
read for anyone. The book aims to help young women widen their
comfort zone, face fear, and manage insecurity.
*Sierra*
[Lost Cat] is revelatory . . . it moves easily and hilariously from
one sentence and chapter to the next . . . it's ingeniously crafted
. . . a fiercely charming narrative that sneaks up on a reader,
just as the best fantastical books do . . . Lost Cat is an
incredibly endearing work, a snapshot of the madness of loving and
agonizing over and chasing after animals.
*The Los Angeles Review of Books, on LOST CAT*
An uncommonly charming and wise tale.
*The Atlantic, on LOST CAT*
This playful, quirky book is like a cat that climbs into your lap
and purrs; it's impossible not to love it.
*San Francisco Chronicle, on LOST CAT*
A tender, imaginative memoir infused with equal parts humor and
humanity . . . an absolute treat from cover to cover.
*Brain Pickings, on LOST CAT*
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