Reporter in Disguise
The Intrepid Vic Steinberg
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2013
- Category
- Women
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 3 to 7
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554552337
- Publish Date
- Mar 2013
- List Price
- $19.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554552818
- Publish Date
- Mar 2013
- List Price
- $11.95
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Description
On Amelia Bloomer List 2014
Who was Vic Stein? A man who enjoyed a pint of beer at the rugby match? A young woman who worked behind the counter at a local department store? A seamstress in a sweatshop? Yes—she could be any and all of these characters, depending on the story she was chasing for her popular column in the Toronto News.
Over 100 years ago, Vic Stein was breaking ground. She was one of the New Women, a Bachelor Girl who pursued a career in investigative journalism— hardly the type of lifestyle for an upper-middle class young lady. But she had to be stealthy, secretive, and cunning if she wanted her scoop.
There are many details we do not know about this secretive and feisty journalist—we don't even know her real name!—but one thing we know for sure: Vic Steinberg would be laughing if she knew that decades after her death, people are still wondering about her and trying to solve the puzzle that was her life.
Reviews:
"The committee was impressed by the way you brought Vic Steinberg to life as well as by the way you made what life was like for females during this period of history accessible to young readers."
-- Amelia Bloomer committee
Reporter in Disguise will support investigations in social history, women's studies, Victorian Canada, and media studies."
Recommended.
— CM Magazine
About the author
Christine Welldon is the author of several books including The Children of Africville; Children of the Titanic; Canadian Pacific Railway: Pon Git Cheng and Pier 21: Listen to My Story. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, The Fiddlehead, Canadian Business and Omni magazines. Her most recent book Reporter in Disguise: The Intrepid Vic Steinberg is on the Honours list for the American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Award for excellence in feminist children's literature, and short-listed for the Children's Choice Hackmatack Award, 2015. Her newest book, Lifelines: The Lanier Phillips Story will be released in the fall of 2014 by Breakwater Books.
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Knight of the Rails
Kid Sterling
My House is a Lighthouse
Stories of Lighthouses and Their Keepers
Everyone Can Be a Changemaker
The Ashoka Effect
Quai 21: Écoutez mon histoire
The Children of Africville (2nd edition)
The Children of Africville
Pier 21
Listen to My Story
Pier 35
Listen to My Story
