num_pages: 40
description: Meet Imogene Tripp a plucky girl with a passion for history. As a baby her first words were Four score and seven years ago. In preschool she finger-painted a map of the Oregon Trail. So its not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleville Historical Society to make room for a shoelace factory Imogene is desperate to convince the town how important its history is. But even though she rides through the streets in her Paul Revere costume shouting The bulldozers are coming the bulldozers are coming! the townspeople wont budge. Whats a history-loving kid to do?Filled with quotes from historys biggest playersnot to mention mini-biosand lots of humor this is the perfect book for budding historians. This girl-power story succeeds as an energeticand funnyagainst-all-odds tale.  The Horn Book Magazine Starred
language: English
title: Imogene's Last Stand
publisher: Schwartz & Wade