{"id":5957,"date":"2022-07-19T09:30:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T09:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booksfortopics.com\/book\/lightning-mary\/"},"modified":"2022-07-19T09:30:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T09:30:19","slug":"lightning-mary","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.booksfortopics.com\/book\/lightning-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winner of the middle grade STEAM Book Prize, this chapter book is based on the life of fossil hunter Mary Anning.<\/p>\n<p> One stormy night, a group of villagers are struck by lightning. The only survivor is a baby &#8211; 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&#8217;s taunts, Mary faces danger to bring back valuable treasures to help feed her family. 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