Helen Strahinich: 2 books

In 1767, Jeanne Baret, a French girl, disguised herself as a boy and signed up as botanist's assistant aboard an exploration ship bound for the South Pacific with 200 crewmen. "The Secret of Jeanne Baret" is the true, untold story of the first woman to circumnavigate the earth. This real-life adventuress with big dreams and amazing grit had been lost to history. . .until now.

She's Just Too Funny follows the misadventures of a studious girl whose mission to "get really really funny" during school vacation is too successful. By the time vacation is over, she can't stop telling jokes and her classmates can't stop laughing at them. An added bonus for teachers: Hidden lessons about main idea and theme are woven into the fabric of the story.