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The Matilda Effect
Ellie Irving
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Description for The Matilda Effect
paperback.
Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn't win the school science fair, she's devastated - especially as the judges didn't believe she'd come up with her entry on her own. Because she's a girl. When Matilda shares her woes with her Grandma Joss, she's astonished to learn her grandma was once a scientist herself - an astrophysicist, who discovered her very own planet. Trouble is, Grandma Joss was also overlooked - her boss, ... Read more
Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn't win the school science fair, she's devastated - especially as the judges didn't believe she'd come up with her entry on her own. Because she's a girl. When Matilda shares her woes with her Grandma Joss, she's astonished to learn her grandma was once a scientist herself - an astrophysicist, who discovered her very own planet. Trouble is, Grandma Joss was also overlooked - her boss, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Corgi Childrens
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552568371
SKU
9780552568371
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ellie Irving
Ellie was born in Bristol, but raised in a hamlet on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea by a family of avid readers. So avid, in fact, her mum enrolled her in the local library before she'd even emerged from the womb, which was awkward for all concerned. Ellie's passion for writing stories flourished aged seven, when her parents bought her a ... Read more
Reviews for The Matilda Effect
Matilda is a great character, a brilliant role model, and the book is a real affirmation of women as scientists
Parents in Touch
A warm-hearted, funny, madcap adventure . . . this book is going to get kids very fired up about science
Robin Stevens
Parents in Touch
A warm-hearted, funny, madcap adventure . . . this book is going to get kids very fired up about science
Robin Stevens