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Some Girls Are Born to LeadBy Michelle Markel Illustrated by LeUyen Pham

In the 1950s, it was a man’s world. Girls weren’t supposed to act smart, tough, or ambitious. Even though, deep inside, they may have felt that way.

And then along came Hillary. Brave, brilliant, and unstoppable, she was out to change the world.They said a woman couldn’t be a mother and a lawyer. Hillary was both. They said a woman shouldn’t be too strong or too smart. Hillary was fearlessly herself.

It didn’t matter what people said—she was born to lead.

From Michelle Markel and LeUyen Pham comes an inspiring portrait of a girl who fought to make a difference—and paved the way for women everywhere.

Michelle Markel is a former freelance journalist who has written stories and opinion pieces for the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles

Times. After her two daughters were born, she started writing for young people. She has written a number of notable picture books, including,

most recently, Tyrannosaurus Math, The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, and the award-winning Brave Girl. Michelle is also a founding

member of the Children’s Authors Network. She and her husband, an anthropologist, live in West Hills, California, with their two sweet cats.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATORLeUyen Pham has voted in every single presidential election since she turned eighteen. She is the author and illustrator of A Piece of Cake, All the Things I Love About You, and Big Sister, Little Sister. She has illustrated many other picture books, including the New York Times bestsellers Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio and Freckleface Strawberry by Julianne Moore. LeUyen lives with her husband and sons in California.

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Art copyright © 2015 by LeUyen Phamwww.harpercollins.com/childrens

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1. entertainer Barbra Streisand; 2. author J. K. Rowling; 3. chemist Ada Yonath; 4. anthropologist Jane Goodall; 5. entertainer Madonna; 6. singer Aretha Franklin; 7. writer Arundhati Roy; 8. poet Maya Angelou; 9. writer Alice

Munro; Supreme Court justices 10. Sonia Sotomayor, 11. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 12. Elena Kagan; 13. Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi; 14. Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; 15. physicist Lisa Randall; 16. actor/humanitarian Angelina Jolie; 17. astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan; 18. actor Meryl Streep; 19. journalist Christiane Amanpour; 20. activist Gloria Steinem; 21. chef Alice Waters; 22. activist Mother Teresa of Calcutta; 23. US secretary of state

Condoleezza Rice; 24. Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff; 25. German chancellor Angela Merkel; 26. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher; 27. Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto;

28. General Motors CEO Mary Barra; 29. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi; 30. photographer Cindy Sherman; 31. Liberian president Ellen Johnson

Sirleaf; 32. philanthropist and media mogul Oprah Winfrey; 33. artist Marina Abramovic; 34. athlete Serena Williams;

35. Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai; 36. Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi; 37. Hillary Rodham Clinton; 38. US secretary of state Madeleine Albright.