Lightning Mary (eBook)

Anthea Simmons (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
Andersen Digital (Verlag)
978-1-78761-177-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Winner of the middle grade STEAM Book PrizeOrdinary is what most people are and I am not. I am not ordinary at all. I am a scientist.One stormy night, a group of villagers are struck by lightning. The only survivor is a baby - Mary Anning. From that moment on, a spark is lit within her.Growing up poor but proud on the windswept Dorset coast, Mary follows after her father, hunting for fossils uncovered by waves and landslips: ancient creatures, turned to stone. Ignoring other people's taunts, Mary faces danger to bring back valuable treasures to help feed her family. But tragedy and despair is never far away. Mary must depend upon her unique courage and knowledge to fulfil her dream of becoming a scientist in a time when girls have no opportunities for such ambitions. What will happen when she makes her greatest discovery of all...?With a factual section about Mary Anning, her life, and the discoveries she made.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2019
• Zusatzinfo: black and white illustrations in factual section
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Naturwissenschaft / Technik
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Religion / Philosophie / Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Beetle Boy Saoirse Ronan Lyme Regis Skylarks War adventure poverty • Berlie Doherty Sky Song Elphinstone Stone Bone Anholt Brighton childrens • Dahl Matilda Francis Lee Pankhurst inspiration Stemettes STEM Ally Sherrick • Dahl Matilda Kate Pankhurst Poverty inspiration Stemettes STEM Ally Sherrick • Fossils palaeontology Dorset Jurassic ichthyosaur science women feminist Kate Winslet • Goodnight Stories Rebel Girls Emma Carroll Jacqueline Wilson Lucy Worsley • Jennifer Bell Rachel Ignotofsky Little People Big Dreams Sylvia Bishop • Katherine Rundell Woodfine Kiran Millwood Hargrave Lauren St John Ammonite • Katherine Rundell Woodfine Kiran Millwood Hargrave Lauren St John shells • Mary Anning Marie Curie Overcoming adversity natural history museum Roald • middle grade fiction true story biography Catherine Doyle Onjali Rauf • middle grade true Saoirse Ronan biography Catherine Doyle Onjali Rauf • Natasha Farrant Sally Nicholls Hilary McKay Jessie Burton Michelle Magorian
• ISBN-10: 1-78761-177-9 / 1787611779
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78761-177-1 / 9781787611771