Karen's Heart: The True Story of a Brave Baby Orangutan

by Georgeanne Irvine

Book Overview

This is the true story of Karen the orangutan's brave journey through history-making heart surgery and how she won the hearts of everyone around her at the San Diego Zoo. As a young orangutan, Karen had a life-threatening heart murmur caused by a hole in her heart. To save Karen's life, a surgery team from UC San Diego Medical Center performed open-heart surgery on her--the first time this had ever been done on an orangutan.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943198047
• ISBN13: 9781943198047
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Press
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5