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A Penguin Named Patience: A Hurricane Katrina Rescue Story
Contributor(s): Lewis, Suzanne (Author), Anchin, Lisa (Illustrator), Ryan, Tamara (Narrated by)
ISBN: 1585368407     ISBN-13: 9781585368402
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
OUR PRICE:   $14.36  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 21st Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Disasters
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Birds
Dewey: 598.470
LCCN: 2014016870
Lexile Measure: 550
Physical Information: 0.37" H x 10.31" W x 10.3" (0.89 lbs) 24 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana
- Geographic Orientation - Louisiana
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 173965
Reading Level: 3.3   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
Patience is a South African penguin. She is small at roughly 6 pounds and approximately 20 inches tall; but at 24 years old, she is the "penguin in charge" of the penguin exhibit at New Orleans's Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hits, devastating the city and surrounding areas with its catastrophic winds and flooding. The aquarium is severely damaged. With no electricity or relief in sight, the temperature in the aquarium reaches dangerously high degrees, putting the penguins in peril. Patience, and the 18 other penguins, along with some of the other zoo animals, must leave their home and their favorite human, Tom, the penguin keeper. Tom drives his penguins to Baton Rouge where an airplane transfers them to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. Here the penguins will recuperate and live until they can return home to New Orleans. After nine long months away from Tom and their home, the aquarium is finally restored. And Patience, who has been patient, and her penguins return to New Orleans to a cheering homecoming.