{"product_id":"mary-anning-timmy-rudolf-9798275010787","title":"Mary Anning: Struck By Lightning: The True Story of the Girl Who Survived Death, Discovered Prehistoric Dragons, and Became the World's Greatest Fossi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne lightning strike should have killed her. Instead, it made her unstoppable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1799, baby Mary Anning was struck by lightning. Three women died-but Mary survived. Some said the storm gave her special powers. Others said it made her fearless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey were both right.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up desperately poor on England's stormy coast, eleven-year-old Mary learned to hunt fossils in the crumbling cliffs of Lyme Regis. When her father died, leaving the family penniless, fossil hunting became a matter of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThen she found the dragons.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e→\u003c\/b\u003e The first complete ichthyosaur-a 17-foot sea monster with razor-sharp teeth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e→\u003c\/b\u003e The first plesiosaur-so bizarre that scientists accused her of creating a fake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e→\u003c\/b\u003e The first British pterosaur-proof that reptiles once ruled the skies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary's discoveries proved that extinction was real and Earth was millions of years old. She changed science forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut because she was poor and female, Mary couldn't attend university, join scientific societies, or publish papers. The men who bought her fossils became famous. Mary remained unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYet she never stopped digging. Never stopped discovering. Never stopped proving them all wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePERFECT FOR READERS AGES 8-12 WHO LOVE: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timmy Rudolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798275010787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Timmy Rudolf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47761605296383,"sku":"9798275010787","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af8f93b5-f77b-419f-98c1-57d531332726.jpg?v=1765515244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mary-anning-timmy-rudolf-9798275010787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}