When Eagles Fall - Hardcover

Casanova, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078682557X ISBN 13: 9780786825578

Verlag: Hyperion, 2002

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After a night of partying ends in a near-fatal accident, Alex Castille-Reed is sent to join her biologist father on an eagle-banding expedition in Minnestoa. She soon finds herself stranded on a small island with an injured eagler, forced ot fight for her own life, as well as that of her new charge. Struggling against a storm, a bear, and hunger, Alex uses resources she never knew she had to get back home again.

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Grade 5-8 After a binge-drinking incident leaves her hospitalized, Alex is "banished" to the wilderness of Minnesota to help her father with his eagle research project. Determined to prove her usefulness, the 13-year-old decides to paddle to a remote island, remove a fishing lure from an eagle's nest, and band the eaglets. However, the rescue operation goes terribly wrong when her actions cause an eaglet to fall from the nest, breaking a wing. Alex quickly realizes that she must take the injured bird to the Ranger Station but rough weather strands her on a bat-infested island with little food and water. Casanova has written an eco-adventure story that also provides valuable information about eagle research; unfortunately, the survival story is hampered by a cloying secondary plot line that focuses on Alex and her inability to cope with the death of her younger brother, which slows the pace of the story. -Doris Losey, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library, Tampa, FL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hyperion
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 078682557X
• ISBN 13: 9780786825578
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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