Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science

by Jeannine Atkins

Book Overview

A gorgeously written novel in verse about three girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists. Maria Merian was sure that caterpillars were not wicked things born from mud, as most people of her time believed. Through careful observation she discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented her findings in gorgeous paintings of the life cycles of insects. More than a century later, Mary Anning helped her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481465651
• ISBN13: 9781481465656
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8