Sea Turtle Scientist

by Stephen R. Swinburne

Book Overview

Dr. Kimberly Stewart, 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547367554
• ISBN13: 9780547367552
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7