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The Fastest Girl on Earth!: Meet Kitty O'Neil, Daredevil Driver!
Author
Illustrator
Elizabeth Baddeley
Publication Date
August 10, 2021
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction / 2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
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Description
Gear up for this high-powered picture book biography about Kitty O'Neil, the stuntwoman and racecar driver who broke the women's land speed record!
Kitty O'Neil was a force to be reckoned with. She became deaf as a child, and grew up loving sports and action. Kitty jumped, ran, raced, and swam, all while learning to read lips and communicating through sign language. Eventually, Kitty took a job as a stuntwoman, doing the most dangerous job on set and even filming stunts for films like Wonder Woman! Still, Kitty wanted more thrills. She became a racecar driver and sought to do what no woman had done before. She chose the aptly named Motivator and trained like a true champion.
In 1976, Kitty and the Motivator broke the land speed record, racing at over 600 miles per hour! Kitty was a hero to fans everywhere, and proved that she was truly unstoppable.
Publication date
August 10, 2021
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780593125717
Lexile Measure
560
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
BISAC categories
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF053180 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Special Needs
JNF057030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation | Cars & Trucks
JNF053180 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Special Needs
JNF057030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation | Cars & Trucks
Kirkus
An energetic portrayal of O’Neil’s accomplishments that excludes historical and social background.
Dean Robbins
Dean Robbins is the author of ¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines, illustrated by Eric Velasquez. He is also the author of Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing, illustrated by Lucy Knisley; Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote, illustrated by Nancy Zhang; and Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko, as well as a jazz trumpet player, a jazz critic, and a jazz festival organizer. Dean Robbins lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Susanna Chapman is an illustrator, muralist, and designer. Her books include Ada and the Galaxies by Alan Lightman and Olga Pastuchiv and Elizabeth Warren's Big, Bold Plans by Laurie Ann Thompson. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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