Swimming with sharks: the daring discoveries of eugenie clark - Heather Lang

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Nominee: 2017 Amelia Bloomer List, Early Readers Nonfiction Before Eugenie Clark's groundbreaking research, most people thought sharks were vicious, blood-thirsty killers.

From the first time she saw a shark in an aquarium, Japanese-American Eugenie was enthralled.

Instead of frightening and ferocious eating machines, she saw sleek, graceful fish gliding through the water.

After she became a scientistan unexpected career path for a woman in the 1940sshe began taking research dives and training sharks, earning her the nickname The Shark Lady.