Lightning Mary, Anthea Simmons
Type
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Lightning Mary, Anthea Simmons
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
8-12, Brodart
resource.interestGradeLevel
3-7, Brodart
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Lightning Mary
Oclc number
1141527390
Responsibility statement
Anthea Simmons
Summary
Ordinary 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 fulfill 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
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Fossils -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women
- Fossils -- Juvenile fiction
- Anning, Mary, 1799-1847 -- Juvenile fiction
- Women paleontologists -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
- Anning, Mary, 1799-1847 -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / General
- Women paleontologists -- England -- Juvenile fiction
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- Subject9
- Fossils -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women
- Fossils -- Juvenile fiction
- Anning, Mary, 1799-1847 -- Juvenile fiction
- Women paleontologists -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
- Anning, Mary, 1799-1847 -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Biographical / General
- Women paleontologists -- England -- Juvenile fiction
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