{"product_id":"ocean-speaks-how-marie-tharp-revealed-the-oceans-biggest-secret","title":"Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret by Jess Keating","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Marie Tharp (1920-2006), the first person to map the Earth's underwater mountain ridge, in this inspiring picture book biography from the author of \u003ci\u003eShark Lady\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job at a laboratory in New York. But then she faced another barrier: women were not allowed on the research ships (they were considered bad luck on boats). So instead, Marie stayed back and dove deep into the data her colleagues recorded. She mapped point after point and slowly revealed a deep rift valley in the ocean floor. At first the scientific community refused to believe her, but her evidence was irrefutable. She proved to the world that her research was correct. The mid-ocean ridge that Marie discovered is the single largest geographic feature on the planet, and she mapped it all from her small, cramped office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of CCBC's Best Books for Kids and Teens Fall 2020\u003cbr\u003eOne of Canadian Children's Book News' Best Books of 2020\u003cbr\u003eListed on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Mighty Girl\u003c\/i\u003e's 2020 Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the Ontario Library Association's 2020 Best Bets selection, Junior Non-Fiction category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOcean Speaks:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A splendid homage to one of the science world's great thinkers.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e--STARRED REVIEW,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf-Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Imaginative and attractive . . . the text clearly shows the intelligence, hard work, and quiet determination that led to [Tharp's] success.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn intriguing tale of feminism, scientific exploration, imagination, focus, and resilience.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A wonderful introductory biography of a woman changing the world from behind the scenes.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJESS KEATING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. 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