5 books about women in science

Reads to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February.

Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies by Alison D. Stegert (Chicken House)

Genius Winnie Wetherby is the latest recruit to Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies. Can she protect

Queen Victoria from danger and win a top prize for young inventors along the way? This is a voyage to the past with incredible inventions.

Juniper Mae: Knight of Tykotech City by Sarah Soh (Flying Eye)

In this graphic novel, young inventor Juniper Mae builds amazing gadgets in her dad’s repair shop – from jet packs to socks that make sure your feet always stay warm and dry. When an invention malfunctions and she crash-lands in the forest, she must use her skills to navigate a new world of mystery, adventure and ancient knights.

In the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido (Walker Books)

When 12-year-old Emmy’s family move to California, US, she feels lonely. Then, at a school computer science club, she discovers a new interest in coding and makes a new friend. This unusual and clever story of friendship mixes in elements of the programming language Java.

A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri.

Illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan (Macmillan Children’s)

Esha plans to win the Brain Trophy with her invention of a time machine. Her big sister is accidentally transported back to the Cretaceous age and Esha must take on hungry dinosaurs, black holes and malfunctioning machines to get her sister back.

The Matilda Effect by Ellie Irving

(Penguin Random House Children’s)

Matilda is devastated when she fails to win a prize at the school science fair. Sharing her woes with Grandma Joss, she learns her grandma was once a brilliant astrophysicist until her boss stole all her discoveries for himself. Soon, Matilda is dreaming up a crazy plan to crash a Nobel Prize award ceremony and reveal the truth.