Lightning. History of Mary Anning

About the book
This story about how the most ordinary girl, thanks to perseverance and hard work, has become the world famous for the whole world as the first woman-paleontologist.

Mary Anning is an amazing person in the history of paleontology. She was born in a poor English family. When she was a year and three months, the girl survived a terrible blow of lightning, who killed a woman holding her in her arms, and two more people. Mary miraculously survived. According to eyewitnesses, it was this event that transformed her: from a painful child, she turned into a clever and smart girl for years. Be that as it may, Mary really lived in the era of great changes, and for her time she made many discoveries. She stood at the origins of the revolution in the field of studying the land at a time when the majority perceived the biblical description of the creation of the world literally. And it was Mary who first discovered the skeletons of the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs.

For whom this book
For children 12-14 years old and adults interested in the topic

5 reasons to read
The book will be interesting to those who are fond of paleontology, and those who love high -quality English children"s prose.
The book has two cognitive sections: Mary Anning and the scientific list of fossils that Mary collected during her lifetime.
The image of a strong girl who, despite the public opinion of that time, has achieved success in science.
The story raises many relevant teenage problems: attitude with parents and peers, the formation and problems of a young girl, bullying and so on.
An inspirational story that will not leave indifferent readers of all ages.
About the author
Antea Simmons - a writer, born in the county of Devon (Great Britain) She used to teach, but at the insistence of her son, she left everything and took up writing. Lives with a cat named Karamak