Tulia!

Girls to the Rescue

by Joan Harries, Bruce Lansky (Editor)

One night Aisha was visiting her sister, Ellen, while she was babysitting. After the little boy Ellen was babysitting was tucked into bed for the night Ellen scooped-up bowls of her favorite ice cream for each of them, but that’s when Aisha’s keen senses kicked in, she smelled something… she smelled smoke. In this scary moment, a very brave girl, armed with her mother’s voice, finds courage… (from the distributor's website)

(This is a free story from the book Girls to the Rescue Book #5: Tales of Clever, Courageous Girls from Around the World)

Genres: Short Stories, Middle Grade, Childrens

15 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 6, 2012

Reviews

[Luvena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a lovely short story! Nothing over the top.. but practical and such a heart-warming ending!

[Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it and I don't even have children! It was fast paced and kept you interested. And the last paragraph threw me for a loop!

[Rhonda Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very Short Story

First, I did like the story, and the message of courage in the face of danger. Plus the surprise at the end of the story that shows how truly brave the young girl was. But, the story was so short, it was probable no more than 10 to 15 pages long. As I read I was thinking it would make a good story for a parent to read to their young daughter. But as I have no children, the story lacked enough plot for me to be interested in reading any of the other stories in this series. This was clearly a child's book.

[Moshe · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is what I love to hate about short stories.
They are interesting enough to grab you hard
and short enough to keep you hooked. But,
oops... the story is already over )-:

At the same time, in this story, it makes sense
that it is short. Because, otherwise, the whole
point in the end would be easily destroyed.

[Sydney · Rating 5 out of 5]

So inspiring and meaningful. I love these Girls to the Rescue collections!

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book because, as a change from most of the medieval history and science fiction books I read, this is some thing that could happen right now in the twenty first century. Its basically one in a series of books told from the perspective of Aisha, an African American girl in the time of the 60's when racism was at its worst in America. She is baby sitting with her friend Elle for a little boy at a neighbours house when she smells fire. She tells her friend a few time but she just brushes it off. Finally her friend listens to her and they go to check it out.They find the rest of the house on fire. Elle says they should call 911 and go outside but the fire is spreading fast and the two year old baby is asleep upstairs. As she tries to get to the toddler, Aisha keeps whispering African words her mum taught her, specifically Tulia which means "not to worry, calm down" in order to make herself keep going. At the end of the book, the fire brigade arrives and she manages to get the baby outside without any help. The fire man calls her a hero. She asks if he would mind if she leant on him for a moment. He says if she feels dizzy then he'll get one of the men to carry her. She replies to this that its only because she is blind that she needs the help. Once we know she is blind, this doesn't change our opinion of her. We still view her as just as strong and inspiring a character, if not more so. I really liked the style of writing, it was a clear strong real voice that the author captured so well and brought to life on the page, it would be especially powerful to readers around three years younger than me simply because there is no difficult language used and because of its fluency. I also liked that the author left Aishas blindness a surprise till the end, so that we get to know her as we would any other person and don't view her as different. A powerful and unique read.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Girl to the Rescue!

This story is about a young girl that was babysitting a two year old baby boy named Jake.
Suddenly, there is a fire. The girl is downstairs while Jake is upstairs. She stumbles upstairs, fighting through the smoke to get up to save Jake.

She manages to save Jake! Once she gets outside, the firefighters help her and Jake. The firefighters ask her if she needs anything. She says she needs a guide to walk her over somewhere and the fire fighter asked why. She replies with I'm blind.

WOW! When I read that she was blind, I was surprised. I didn't expect that! She managed to go upstairs and save a two year old boy while the house was burning down! Amazing!

This shows that just because you have something that can put you back, don't let it bring you down. You can still do exceptional things in you life-like save a baby.

[Limau Nipis · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sample of the story from Girls to the Rescue 5 and I truly enjoyed it.

Aisha is brave and rescued a 2 year old boy from fire. I do not expect the twist at the end. Bravo Aisha!

[Bernadette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story!! My third grader loved it.

good story for my girls. I will definitely purchase the series... several books to purchase, I will probably buy the books, not the online versions.

[Crystal Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet short story about a girl who rescued a little boy, & how her senses helped her. Good book for discussion with pre-teen kids.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was an interesting story. Something I would love to share with others.

[Angie law · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice book

Nice book

it is a really nice book a real outstanding hero I love the way the book was written thumbs up.

[Evelyn Fuller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whoa!!

This book was so awesome!!! Kind of short,but exiting as Harry Potter. I just love when you can just FEEL like you're there!!

[Grace · Rating 1 out of 5]

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