Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and Heroes

by Kelly Milner Halls, Major William Sumner, William Sumner

Book Overview

The baghdad zoo was once home to more than six hundred magnificent animals. But after the war in Iraq began in 2003, the city faced widespread destruction.

When U. S. Army Captain William Sumner was asked to check out the state of the zoo, he found that it, too, was devastated. Hundreds of animals were missing, and the few remaining were in desperate need of care. And so Captain Sumner accepted a new mission. Together with an international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006177202X
• ISBN13: 9780061772023
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.7" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5