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3) Scat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Conservationist Jeff Corwin provides an urgent portrait of the wildlife that is teetering on the brink of extinction. From the forests slipping away beneath the stealthy paws of the Florida panther, to the giant panda's plight to climb ever higher in the mountains of China in search of sustenance, to the brutal poaching tactics that have devastated Africa's rhinoceros and elephant populations, Corwin takes readers on a global tour to witness firsthand...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave.'This is, quite simply, the best thing I've ever done.' Sir David Attenborough on the TV series, The Trials of Life, upon which this book is based. This is the third and last of Sir David's great natural history books based on his TV...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Formats
Description
As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.
Author
Publisher
NewSouth Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Katie Sinclair climbed up a loblolly pine just to see if she could. And then she stayed, creating a media sensation and more than a little trouble for the folks in Jones County, North Carolina. There is a lot of speculation about why the state employee took to the tree. Some think she is making a political statement about the destruction of forests for urban development. Others believe her recent divorce has driven her to a nervous breakdown. But...
Author
Series
Publisher
G. Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes some animal species in the southern continents of South America, Africa, and Australia and the various factors that have contributed to their endangerment. Illustrated with color photographs and reproductions of artwork depicting selected animals.
14) The islanders
Author
Series
Islanders volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Spending the summer with his grandmother on South Carolina's Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends who are also struggling with family issues and together they try to save a sea turtle nest from predators.
16) Polar bear
Author
Series
Publisher
Gloucester Press
Pub. Date
1989
Description
Discusses past and present treatment of the endangered polar bear and examines current efforts to protect it in its natural habitat.
17) The loop
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1998
Description
A conflict breaks out between cattle ranchers and government agents in Montana over the killing of wolves, a protected species. On the positive side this is how Luke Calder, son of the leading rancher meets and falls in love with Helen Ross, a government biologist. By the author of The Horse Whisperer.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Sixth-grader Liza K., one of five homeless people living in an unspoiled forest in southern Florida, searches for a missing alligator destined for official extermination and studies the delicate ecological balance keeping her outdoor home beautiful.
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
When the villagers realize the fish's scales are real gold, each has a good reason to ask for one. Devorah needs clothes for her children. Old Joseph needs money for a cane. The fish has plenty to share, but he grows weak from giving away too much, too fast. Can Reuven stand up to the village and save his friend?
Young Reuven becomes friends with a fish which gladly shares his golden scales with the needy people of Reuven's village, although each...
Author
Publisher
Indio Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Alligators, Sharks & Panthers takes a hard look at the complex and often strained relationship between mankind and our fellow predators. Worldwide, over one hundred million sharks are killed annually while less than a dozen people are killed by sharks during that same time period. The American alligator was only removed from the endangered species list in 1987 and the Florida panther struggles to survive on an ever more crowded peninsula. In a fascinating...
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