| Jackie's Wild Seattle Contributor(s): Hobbs, Will (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380733110 ISBN-13: 9780380733118 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Vivid descriptions of wildlife and the strategies used to rescue them combine with the heart-stopping story of a 14-year-old girl who joins her uncle for a summer in Seattle and takes part in some extraordinary animal rescues. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - General - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 660 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.3" W x 7.56" (0.31 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Locality - Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wa |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68162 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Heart-stopping adventure on the wild side of Seattle How do you rescue a coyote trapped in the elevator of a downtown office building? How do you save an injured seal at the bottom of a cliff with the tide coming in? Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her younger brother, Cody, are about to find out as they spend a summer of breathless, sometimes reckless, often hilarious adventure visiting their uncle Neal at a wildlife center called Jackie's Wild Seattle. When Uncle Neal is injured, it's up to Shannon, Cody, and Sage, the rescue dog, to keep the circle of healing unbroken. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hobbs, Will: - Will Hobbs is the award-winning author of nineteen novels, including Far North, Crossing the Wire, and Take Me to the River. Never Say Die began with the author's eleven-day raft trip in 2003 down the Firth River on the north slope of Canada's Yukon Territory. Ever since, Will has been closely following what scientists and Native hunters are reporting about climate change in the Arctic. When the first grolar bear turned up in the Canadian Arctic, he began to imagine one in a story set on the Firth River. A graduate of Stanford University, Will lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, Colorado. |