New York City's Fire Company Number 11 is in trouble. A deadly snowstorm is blowing, and many of the volunteers are sick in bed. When the fire alarm sounds, who will answer the call? Who will save the neighborhood?

Molly Williams, the company's cook, for one!

Clapping a weathered leather helmet on her head, strapping spatterdashes over her woolen leggings, and pulling on heavy work gloves—it's Molly, by golly, to the rescue.

Young readers will enjoy plucky Molly William's legendary adventures as they learn how fires were fought in the early 1800's. Author Dianne Ochiltree and artist Kathleen Kemly worked closely with firefighting experts and relied on historic records and pictures to capture the heroic story of Molly Williams—the first known female firefighter in America.

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