CHILDREN
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MY BOOKS...
THE OCELOT SECRET ***** Amazon reviews When three teens from different backgrounds meet on an expedition to the Costa Rican jungle to study the threatened ocelot, they must block an illegal shipment of ocelots and other rare animals. This MG eco-thriller features Nikki Wing, Taylor Strange, and Joel Parley, from Hawaii, Aspen, and Trinidad and Tobago. (Available on Kindle) |
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Just Finished: FLY FOR YOUR LIFE
An Incredible Journey for birds, FLY FOR YOUR LIFE (MG Fiction) features two improbable friends, an introverted heron and a full-of-herself fish hawk, risking their lives migrating down the Atlantic Flyway. The tale dramatizes our nation’s worst wildlife disgrace, in which millions of birds die against the lit-up skyscrapers each year. Heron and hawk confront a hurricane, savage predators, their own inexperience, navigation challenges, a blizzard, and the deadly, hypnotic lights of New York City. But along the way, each bird learns to step up for the one she cares about.
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THE CAPTAIN OF BATTERY PARK
"Readers will feel as if they've eaten a whole box of chocolates." School Library Journal High above New York City in a loft in Greenwich Village, a seafaring veterinarian lives. Dr. Kidd has a black beard, a gold earring, and an infamous ancestor. He also has a love of animals--particularly birds--that sets him to scheming some private piracy of his own. Into his scheme stumble Melanie, who is twelve and crazy about birds; Kik, an injured Arctic tern; Prince Andre, an outspoken parrot; Dr. Bones and his son Jimmy; and a closet full of penguins. (Occasionally available in hardbound). |
Just Finished: THE BUTTERFLY KILLERS
In this MG fiction "eco-thriller," four teens on spring break in Jamaica set out to rescue from extinction the gorgeous, huge, and (truly, in 2024) critically endangered Homerus butterfly. Having netted the last few specimens, two rogue biologists are demanding a $20M ransom from the U. N. What’s a species worth? When the U.N. declines, the biologists start killing the last butterflies one by one. Protests break out worldwide. Up step Nikki Wing (San Diego), Joel Parley (N.Y.C.), Taylor Strange (Aspen), and Jason Foote (Jamaica). Searching for the butterfly killers, they take on dense rainforests, dangerous sinkholes, armed ganga growers, suspicious coffee farmers, arsonists, and hand to hand fighting in a midnight escape from an island.
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