Saving the Tasmanian Devil: How Science Is Helping the World's Largest Marsupial Carnivore Survive
by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent • Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
On a research trip to Tasmania and Australia, author Patent met scientists and others... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 13,546
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1170L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 504416, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Australia
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Animal Welfare
- Diseases
- Genetic disorders
- Tasmania--Juvenile literature
- Wildlife rescue--Australia--Tasmania--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Australia & Oceania
- Tasmanian devil--Diseases--Juvenile literature
- Wildlife conservation
- Epidemics--Australia--Tasmania--Juvenile literature
- Wildlife conservation--Australia--Tasmania--Juvenile literature
- Epidemics
- Genetic disorders--Juvenile literature
- Wildlife rescue
- Tumors--Juvenile literature
- Tasmania
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Tumors
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Mammals
- Tasmanian devil
- Lists With This Book
- Genetics
- Global Scientific Inquiry - Grade 6-8
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