Description:
Hypatia: Ancient Alexandria's Female Scholar relates the extraordinary life of the remarkable woman Hypatia, and it reveals how she continues to inspire people more than 1,600 years after her death.
Brief description: Billie Holladay Skelley, a Pushcart Prize nominee and a Best of the Net nominee, received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Now retired from working as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgery clinical nurse specialist and nursing educator, she enjoys focusing on her writing. Billie has written several health-related articles for both professional and lay journals, but her writing crosses several different genres and has appeared in various journals, magazines, and anthologies in print and online--ranging from the American Journal of Nursing to Chicken Soup for the Soul. An award-winning author, she has written twelve books for children and teens. Her book, Ruth Law: The Queen of the Air, was selected to receive the 2021 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Children's Literature Award.
Review Quotes:
"This children's book is the perfect example of inspirational non-fiction for young readers. Hypatia was an inspirational scholar, and this book makes her life accessible for a younger audience without watering down the historical facts of her life. It also includes a works cited page and a glossary of difficult words at the end to help young readers build their vocabulary. This is a perfect book to inspire a young STEM scholar."