Maggie Lou, Firefox

Maggie Loüs grandpa doesnt call her Firefox for nothing. Shes always finding ways to make life more interesting even if this means getting into big trouble.

When her grandfather Mushom finally agrees to teach her how to box, she decides that the rank odors, endless drills and teasing wont stop her from wearing a tutu to the gym. Joining her fathers construction crew uncovers a surprising talent besides learning how to use a broom and a great source of scrap wood to build a canine hotel for her dogs. And when she turns thirteen, she figures out an ingenious way to make some smokin good camouflage to wear on her first deer hunt, where she joins a long family tradition.

Through it all she is surrounded by her big extended gumbo soup of a family, pestered by annoying younger siblings, and gently guided by her strong female relatives her mother, her kokom and her ultra-cool cousin Jayda. Keep taking up space, Maggies mother says. Yoüre only making room for the girls behind you.

A heroine for today, Maggie Lou discovers that with hard work and perseverance she can gain valuable new skills, without losing one iota of her irrepressible spirit.

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