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Published
2016
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Subgenre
Historical
ISBN
9781481465663
Section
Middle Grade

Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science

Jeannine Atkins

Three girls from different centuries, Maria Merian, Mary Anning and Maria Mitchell, follow their curiosity about caterpillars, fossils and stars to become pioneering scientists.

  • Golden Kite Honor 2017
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Themes

Real lives & historyScience & techSelf-acceptance

Mood

Feels inspiring, informative.

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