Jeannine Atkins

• Apr-2000
• / General Fiction
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One day Aani is resting against her favorite tree when she hears the unfamiliar roar of trucks. She alerts the village women, the eldest of whom says the sounds are made by men from the city who have come to cut down the trees. The women explain t...

• Mar-2001
• / General Fiction
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A robin learns to fly

Life is good for Robin. He likes to watch his brother and sister fly. Whenever he's hungry, his mother or father brings food. Whenever he's sleepy, he snuggles in a nest that fits as perfectly as a hug. Why should he ...

• Jun-2001
• / General Fiction
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A village girl in India inspires the women around her to save their beloved forest.One day Aani is resting against her favorite tree when she hears the unfamiliar roar of trucks. She alerts the village women, the eldest of whom says the sounds are ma...

• Oct-2001
• / General Fiction
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Offers a look at the nine months Louisa May Alcott and her family spent at Fruitlands farm where they lived their father's experiment of being "pure" from animal exploitation and financial need only to nearly starve to death in the end and return hom...

• May-2003
• / General Fiction
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Lauren misses the feeling of Uncle Ron's hand in hers as they skated across the ice together. She misses visiting Uncle Ron and Michael's kitchen, which was the only place where she got snacks in china bowls and juice in glasses that could break....

• Jun-2008
• / General Fiction
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The day of the big swim meet has finally arrived, and Jessenia is excited, but a bit worried too. It s her first meet away from home, and the other team is on a winning streak. Her coach tells the team that everyone is equal in the water, but Jesseni...

• Mar-2010
• / General Fiction
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As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wan...

• Dec-2012
• / General Fiction
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• Sep-2015
• / Historical
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May Alcott spends her days sewing blue shirts for Union soldiers, but she dreams of painting a masterpiece -- which many say is impossible for a woman -- and of finding love, too. When she reads her sister’s wildly popular novel, Little Women, she ...

• Sep-2016
• / General Fiction
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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 believe...

• Jan-2017
• / General Fiction
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From critically acclaimed author Jeannine Atkins comes a gorgeous, haunting biographical novel in verse about a half Native American, half African American sculptor working in the years following the Civil War. A sculptor of historical figures sta...

• Sep-2017
• / General Fiction
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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...

• Oct-2021
• / General Fiction
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• Jan-2022
• / General Fiction
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From the acclaimed author of Finding Wonders and Grasping Mysteries comes a gorgeously written biography in “deliberate, delicate verse” (Kirkus Reviews) about the pioneering Jewish woman physicist whose scientific prowess changed the course of W...

• Feb-2025
• / General Fiction
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“A love letter to the power of individuals to bring about change and uplift others.” -- Kirkus ReviewsMeet three remarkable women who followed their dreams and paved a path for women in science in this gorgeously written biographical novel in ve...