Ann E. Burg
Author of All The Broken Pieces
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A novel in verse from the point of view of Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring. Beautifully illustrated by Sophie Blackall. Back matter includes an author's note, artist's note, and list of books by Rachel Carson. Readers may not know she published three successful books before Silent Spring (1962): Under the Sea Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and The Edge of the Sea (1955).
See also: Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner's Call to Science by Jeannine Atkins
Quotes
Maybe so many years
spent outside the circle
have made inside the circle
feel strange and unsettling. (62)
It's wonderful to know
just what you want to do and do it.
Just what you want to be and be it! (75)
It is not enough
to embrace knowledge
if we are not also willing
to use that knowledge
to benefit the world. (78)
everything in nature tells a story
or asks a question. (88)
Everything in nature is connected. (189)
How ironic that so many doors
should open
when I've barely the strength
to walk through them. (277)… (more)