Project Superhero of her grade eight school year, Jessie, a 13-year-old girl with a penchant for superhero comic books and journaling, is assigned a year-long school project in her Socials class called the Superhero Slam. In a head-to-head debate tournament, each student must choose a superhero to champion and be ready to present why their superhero is the best in a variety of topics including: wisdom and experience, physical strength and agility, perseverance and determination, critical thinking, recovery, courage, preparation, and leadership. With her superhero preferences for real people equipped with additional training and technology (i.e. Batman, Iron Man), Jessie selects Batgirl
Mabel Stark Mabel Stark Mabel Stark, whose real name was Mary Haynie (December 10, 1889 – April 20, 1968), was a renowned tiger trainer of the 1920s and she was referred to as one of the world's first women tiger trainers/tamers. Stark was born on Dec. 9, 1888 (or 1889) in Smith County Tennessee. In a letter to her niece she listed her birthday as Dec. 9, 1888 but some records show the date as 1889.Her real name was Mary Ann Haynie. Her parents moved to Cobb near Princeton, KY with her and her brother Sam, where her mother's parents were located