No girls allowed : tales of daring women dressed as men for love, freedom and adventure / written by Susan Hughes ; illustrated by Willow Dawson.

Author: Hughes, Susan, 1960-

Publisher: Toronto, Ont. ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, c2008.

ISBN: 1554531780 (pbk.)
9781554531776 (hc)
1554531772 (hc)
9781554531783 (pbk.)

Description: 80 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject: Male impersonators Biography Comic books, strips, etc. Juvenile literature.
Transgender people Biography Comic books, strips, etc. Juvenile literature.
Transvestites Biography Comic books, strips, etc. Juvenile literature.
Male impersonators Biography.
Transgender people Biography.
Transvestites Biography.
Cartoons and comics.

Target Audience: 009-012.

Notes: A Junior Library Guild selection

Summary: Based on legends, poems, letters and first-hand accounts, these seven biographical tales tell of women who disguised themselves as men. From ancient Egypt to the 19th century, this historically accurate graphic treatment transports readers to bygone eras. For the sake of freedom, ambition, love or adventure, these women risked everything.