Other editions of book The Motor Girls

When Cora Kimball got her touring car she did not imagine so many adventures were in store for her. During a trip from one city to another a rich young man lost a pocketbook containing valuable stocks and much cash. Later, to the surprise of everybody, the empty pocketbook was found in the toolbox of Cora's automobile. A fine tale that all wide-awake girls will appreciate.

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"Now you've got it, what are you going to do with it?" asked Jack Kimball, with a most significant smile at his sister Cora. "Do with it?" repeated the girl, looking at her questioner in surprise; then she added, with a fine attempt at sarcasm: "Why, I'm going to have Jim break it up for kindling wood. It will make such a lovely blaze on the library hearth. I have always loved blazing autos." "Now, sis," objected the tall, handsome boy, as he swung his arm about the almost equally tall, and even handsomer girl, "don't get mad." "Oh, I'm not in the least angry." "Um! Maybe not. Put I honestly thought—well, maybe you would like some of the boys to give you a lesson or two in driving the new car. There's Wally, you know. Ahem! I thought perhaps Wally—" "Walter can run a machine—I'm perfectly willing to grant you that, Jack. But this is my machine, and I intend to run it."

Lillian Garis was an American author who wrote hundreds of books of juvenile fiction between 1915 and the early 1940's. She used the pseudonyms Margaret Penrose and Laura Lee Hope when writing for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. After the success of the Motor Boys series the Stratmeyer syndicate began a similar series for girls. Books in this series included The Motor Girls - A Mystery of the Road, The Motor Girls on a Tour - or, Keeping a Strange Promise, The Motor Girls Through New England - or, Held by the Gypsies, The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake - Or the Hermit of Fern Island, and The Motor Girls on Waters Blue - or, The Strange Cruise of The Tartar. An excerpt reads, "The girl stepped over to a window and looked out. There, on the driveway, stood a new automobile. Four-cylindered, sliding-gear transmission, three speeds forward and reverse, long-wheel base, new ignition system, and all sorts of other things mentioned in the catalogue. Besides, it was a beautiful maroon color, and the leather cushions matched. Cora looked at it with admiration in her eyes."