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The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo

The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo( )
Author: George, Jean Craighead
Series title:An Eco Mystery Ser.
ISBN:978-0-06-020396-2
Publication Date:Apr 1992
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $15.95
Book Description:

Vanished? Liza Poole lives with her mother in one of the last balanced ecosystems in North America -- the Gumbo Limbo Hammock deep within the lush kingdom of the Florida Everglades. Some may think it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live in her small yellow tent amidst tropical birds and exotic plants. And at the center of this natural paradise lies Dajun, the majestic alligator who protects Gumbo Limbo's...
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Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Alligators & Crocodiles
Juvenile Fiction / Places / United States
Juvenile Fiction / Science & Nature / Environment
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.11 x 11.11 x 1.11 Inches
Book Weight:0.7 Pounds
Author Biography
George, Jean Craighead (Author)
Jean Craighead George was born on July 2, 1919 in Washington, D.C. She received degrees in English and science from Pennsylvania State University. She began her career as a reporter for the International News Service. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps for The Washington Post.

During her lifetime, she wrote over 100 novels including My Side of the Mountain, which was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, which won the Newbery Medal, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack. She also wrote two guides to cooking with wild foods and an autobiography entitled Journey Inward. In 1991, she became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature. She died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 92.

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