Sea Turtle Scientist

ISBN-10: 0544582403
ISBN-13: 9780544582408
Author: Swinburne, Stephen R.
Interest Level: 5-9
Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Date: September 2015

Copyright: 2014

Page Count: 80

Series: Scientists In The Field -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Interest Level

Grades 5-9

Reading Level

Lexile: NC1190L
Accelerated Reader Level: 7.1
Accelerated Reader Points: 3.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Adventure & Adventurers

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Animal Welfare

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Baby Animals

Description
Dr. Kimberly Stetwart, also known as the Turtle Lady of St. Kitts, is already waiting at midnight when an 800-pound leatherback sea turtle crawls out of the Caribbean surf and onto the sandy beach. The mother turtle has a vital job to do: dig a nest in which she will lay eggs that will hatch into part of the next generation of leatherbacks. With only one in a thousand of the eggs for this critically endangered species resulting in an adult sea turtle, the odds are stacked against her and her offspring. Join the renowned author and photographer Steve Swinburne on a journey through history to learn how sea turtles came to be endangered, and what scientists like Kimberly are doing to save them.