Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science

by Jeannine Atkins

Book Overview

This "evocative and beautiful" (School Library Journal) novel "vividly imagines the lives of three girls" (Booklist, starred review) in three different time periods as they grow 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148146566X
• ISBN13: 9781481465663
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8