About the book
The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage.
Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history.
History's sister, the mysterious Herstory, believes that the more you know about the past, the better you can understand the future. And so she now sends Ming to work as a maid in an isolated English mansion to see a girl change the world in 1829.
But which girl? The young mistress of the house is lying in bed, recovering from the measles. Abandoned by her aristocratic mother and family, she may never walk – or even read and write – again.
Ming becomes friends with another scullery maid, Hepzibah, who is desperately teaching herself to read and longs to free slaves, as she and her parents had been. But what hope has a scullery maid?
From one of Australia's favourite writers comes an inspiring series for all the young people who will, one day, change the world.
AWARDS
CBCA Notable Book 2025
Editions of Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4)
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781460764879
- EBook
- ISBN 9781460716762
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The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage.
Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history.
History's sister, the mysterious Herstory, believes that the more you know about the past, the better you can understand the future. And so she now sends Ming to work as a maid in an isolated English mansion to see a girl change the world in 1829.
But which girl? The young mistress of the house is lying in bed, recovering from the measles. Abandoned by her aristocratic mother and family, she may never walk – or even read and write – again.
Ming becomes friends with another scullery maid, Hepzibah, who is desperately teaching herself to read and longs to free slaves, as she and her parents had been. But what hope has a scullery maid?
From one of Australia's favourite writers comes an inspiring series for all the young people who will, one day, change the world.
AWARDS
CBCA Notable Book 2025
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What is Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4) about?
The fourth book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage.
Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history.
History's sister, the mysterious Herstory, believes that the more you know about the past, the better you can understand the future. And so she now sends Ming to work as a maid in an isolated English mansion to see a girl change the world in 1829.
But which girl? The young mistress of the house is lying in bed, recovering from the measles. Abandoned by her aristocratic mother and family, she may never walk – or even read and write – again.
Ming becomes friends with another scullery maid, Hepzibah, who is desperately teaching herself to read and longs to free slaves, as she and her parents had been. But what hope has a scullery maid?
From one of Australia's favourite writers comes an inspiring series for all the young people who will, one day, change the world.
AWARDS
CBCA Notable Book 2025
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4)?
Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories > Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Where can I read a sample of Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4)?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4)?
Jackie French
Who is the Publisher of the book Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4)?
HarperCollins
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Ming and Ada Spark the Digital Age (The Girls Who Changed the World, #4) is available as paperback(ISBN 9781460764879) and ebook(ISBN 9781460716762)
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