Green Promises - Girls Who Loved the Earth

"A novel in verse tells how three remarkable women--Mary Agnes Chase, Marguerite Thomas Williams, and Sophie Mack Lutterlough--pursue their scientific passions despite societal barriers, and achieve groundbreaking success in botany, geology, and entomology"--

About the author

Jeannine Atkins is the author of several books for young readers about courageous women, including Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math, Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis, and Borrowed Names: Poems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters. She also wrote memoir-in-verse Knocking on Windows. Jeannine teaches writing for children and young adults at Simmons University. She lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her at JeannineAtkins.com.

Product details

• Authors: Jeannine Atkins, Jeannine Atkins
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2025
• EAN: 9781665950572
• ISBN: 978-1-6659-5057-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 213 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Girls Who Love Science
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Poetry (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, JUVENILE FICTION / Stories in Verse