Hidden Powers

• “In brief verses that paint vivid pictures, Atkins presents the complicated and often tragic life of Lise Meitner … the concluding author’s note, time line, and brief biographies of Lise’s friends and colleagues help ground this compelling story in history… a moving, lyrical tale that reveals the struggles of female scientists and of European Jews between the two World Wars.” * School Library Journal, Starred Review *
  “Deliberate, delicate verse describes well the blistering unfairness of sexist academia and the complications inherent in having mentors who don’t share one’s marginalized identities … An admirable tribute to a life that holds some timely lessons.”
  
  – Kirkus Reviews
  “Atkins approaches her newest biographical novel in verse with the same clarity of purpose and ability to express the vision, the courage, and the achievements of a woman aspiring to move science forward … A respectful and very accessible introduction to Meitner.” – Booklist
  “Vivid and poignant, Atkins’s poems chronicle Meitner’s hesitation to abandon her experiments and flee Germany after Hitler’s rise to power… Atkins meshes “facts with empathy” in this stirring portrait of—as Meitner’s epitaph reads—“A Physicist Who Never Lost Her Humanity.” – Horn Book Magazine

Jeannine Atkins is the author of several books for young readers about courageous women, including Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science, Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math, Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis, and Borrowed Names: Poems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters. She also wrote memoir-in-verse Knocking on Windows. Jeannine teaches writing for children and young adults at Simmons University. She lives in western Massachusetts.

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