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Claire also enjoys speaking at author conferences and teacher workshops. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? In the second in the series of eco mysteries, "green" teens take action with attitude and a touch of humor. When six determined teenagers decide to track down poachers tearing up the rare Cahaba lily from a National Wildlife Refuge, they plunge straight into an exciting eco adventure.
Will they have the courage to reckon with a bad-tempered thief, and skeptical police? Will they have the guts to appear in court as witnesses?
Can they persuade the popular girls at school to stop bullying them and join their river clean up? This is a serious book with a moral. Read more Read less.
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I like that author has incorporated different threads into the plot: Claire Datnow has done an excellent job of making this book seem real, with the addition of lots of Bahamian cultural flavor and interesting characters. Max Stefanescue, 8th grader The latest in the "sizzling six" series of books has the middle school student environmental heroes from the "Eco Brains Club" travelling from their home base in Alabama to the islands of Bahamas where they hook up with local students and scientists to solve a mystery about piping plovers, a tiny endangered shorebird.
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I don't want to give the plot or "mystery" away, but as a piping plover biologist myself who has worked in the Bahamas, I can say the book gets the science facts right and captures the local color and feel of the Bahamas and coastal Alabama. The story is fun and lively, made all the better that there is a strong conservation message, not only about piping plovers but for a number of coastal and marine issues.
A good read for pleasure, especially for young teens, but this could also make a selection for teachers to try to introduce conservation and ecology lessons in classroom. At the urging of Mr.
The Adventures of The Sizzling Six: Who Stole The Cahaba Lily? [Claire Datnow, Boris Datnow] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In the. Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Claire Datnow was born and raised in South Africa. Her first published worked appeared in the Johannesburg daily.
Prickles, the city threatens to fine Mrs. Mariposa if she does not cut down the tall "weeds" in her yard. To add to the problems, Mr.
Prickles is determined to mow down milkweed where the monarch butterflies lay their eggs. The climax comes when tens of millions of monarchs, overwintering in Mexico, die in a terrible freeze. Will the remaining monarchs survive the long migration back to the United States and Canada? Can the Sizzling Six help save the monarchs before it is too late? With a touch of humor and swift plotting this eco mystery makes for an exciting read! Print Books come Alive in our newest publication: The Adventures of The Sizzling Six: Experience an innovation that seamlessly combines the reading pleasure of print books enhanced with videos and photos from the Internet without interrupting the flow of the story.