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I started this blog as a project for a class on materials for tweens and I had so much fun with the material and found a small group of dedicated readers that lead me to want to continue to explore what tween literature and culture have to offer.
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Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor by Laurie Wallmark; illustrated by Katy Wu
Sterling Children’s Books, 2019. 978-1454926917
Synopsis: To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star, widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. And for many years only her closest friends knew her secret. – from Amazon.com
Why I picked it up: STEM! Women in science!
Why I finished it: Hedy Lamarr is one of many Hollywood stars that is celebrated for being talented and beautiful, but she also ..read more