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Author Burne, Cristy, author

Title Fiona Wood : inventor of spray-on skin / story told by Cristy Burne ; illustrated by Diana Silkina
Published Melbourne, Victoria : Wild Dingo Press, 2020
©2020

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 W'BOOL CRC  920 Wood Bur/Fwi  AVAILABLE
Description 156 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Series Aussie stem star
Summary Fiona Wood is a plastic surgeon whose expertise in burns treatment came to the world's attention in 2002 in the wake of the Bali bombings. From defending the weak and fixing the broken to fighting for her chance to study medicine, the story of plastic surgeon and spray-on skin inventor Fiona Wood shows us the value of dreams, hard work, and having the courage to do what is right
Notes PRC 5-6
Audience 10-13 years
Subject Wood, Fiona, 1958-
Wood, Fiona M., 1958- -- Juvenile literature
Wood, Fiona
Wood, Fiona, 1958- -- Juvenile literature
Physicians -- Australia -- Biography
Physicians -- Research -- Australia
Medical scientists -- Australia
Bali Bombings, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, 2002 -- Juvenile literature
Women surgeons -- Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Women -- Australia -- Biography -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
Plastic surgeons -- Biography -- Western Australia -- Juvenile literature
Plastic surgeons -- Australia -- Biography
Inventors -- Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Burns and scalds -- Treatment -- Juvenile literature
Plastic surgeons -- Western Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Women -- Australia -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Physicians -- Research -- Western Australia -- Juvenile literature
Physicians -- Western Australia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Medical scientists -- Western Australia -- Juvenile literature
Burns and scalds -- Treatment.
Inventors.
Plastic surgeons.
Australia.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Author Burnett, Amanda, illustrator
ISBN 9781925893281 (paperback)