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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"The Great White Shark Scientist is the latest ocean adventure from the venerable team of Sy Montgomery and Keith Ellenbogen. In it, they follow Dr. Greg Skomal, biologist and head of the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, as he strives to better understand the habits and habitats of Great Whites in order to save this amazing, if maligned, creature of the deep."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Follow a team of scientists as they take you on a research trip to New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean to follow crows in aviaries and in the wild while answering many thought-provoking questions like: "Can a crow outsmart a scientist?"--
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This book about the tree-killing Asian longhorned beetle reveals how the help of everyday people, their neighborhoods, teams of beetle-sniffing dogs, and a nationwide effort from bug scientists to tree doctors are working to eradicate this invasive pest.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to the kakapo parrot, a flightless bird found on Codfish Island off the coast of New Zealand, and looks at how the country's National Kakapo Recovery Team is working to save the kakapos, whose population numbers less than one hundred.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In April of 1987 the last wild California condor was captured and taken to live in captivity like the other twenty-six remaining birds of its kind. Many thought that the days were over of of this remarkable, distinguished bird that had roamed the skies of North and Central American for thousands of years.
Sy Montgomery employs her skill for on-the-ground reporting, shrewd observation, and stunning narrative prose to detail the efforts of scientists,...
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