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Manatee Blues

Laurie Halse Anderson

2000110 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000American Girl · 110 pages · ENGISBN 9781584850496
  • 2003G. Stevens Pub. · 114 pages · ENGISBN 9780836832587
  • 2007ScholasticISBN 9780545153003
  • 2009No further detail recordedISBN 9781442002135
  • 2008Puffin · 144 pages · ENGISBN 9780142410844
  • 2000Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaISBN 9780606204552

Each of these exciting stories, told in the voice of one of the 11-year-old volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, offers a first-hand account of animal emergencies and rescues. This series is sure to win the hearts of readers who are wild about animals!Dr. Mac takes Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe to Florida to visit a manatee rescue center. Shortly after they arrive, Brenna goes on a rescue mission and helps nurse an injured manatee back to health. She also learns the center is in desperate need of money. She'll do anything to keep it from closing -- and to save the manatees

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