Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426309767
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This thrilling series roars back to life with the release of Mystery #13, Night of the Black Bear. Something very strange is going on in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A teenage girl is the latest victim in a growing number of bear attacks. Officials must figure out what's causing the bizarre bear behavior or close the park. Can the Landons help? Soon Jack and Ashley are searching for answers with their new friends Yonah Firekiller, a 16-year-old Cherokee boy, and 14-year-old Merle Chapman, whose family once lived on park land. But a heated argument over ancestral land rights puts the Landon kids in the middle of a clash of cultures. Tensions mount when Merle is caught in a lie—a lie that leads straight to the heart-pounding solution. This breathtaking new adventure features an afterword by a park naturalist on black bear behavior and the problems caused by tourists feeding wildlife. Night of the Black Bear is a fast-paced narrative treat filled with vivid descriptions of the natural, scientific, and cultural phenomena of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; a page-turner that will put this popular National Park high on the vacation wish-list of all young readers. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Night of the Black Bear
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426309767
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This thrilling series roars back to life with the release of Mystery #13, Night of the Black Bear. Something very strange is going on in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A teenage girl is the latest victim in a growing number of bear attacks. Officials must figure out what's causing the bizarre bear behavior or close the park. Can the Landons help? Soon Jack and Ashley are searching for answers with their new friends Yonah Firekiller, a 16-year-old Cherokee boy, and 14-year-old Merle Chapman, whose family once lived on park land. But a heated argument over ancestral land rights puts the Landon kids in the middle of a clash of cultures. Tensions mount when Merle is caught in a lie—a lie that leads straight to the heart-pounding solution. This breathtaking new adventure features an afterword by a park naturalist on black bear behavior and the problems caused by tourists feeding wildlife. Night of the Black Bear is a fast-paced narrative treat filled with vivid descriptions of the natural, scientific, and cultural phenomena of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; a page-turner that will put this popular National Park high on the vacation wish-list of all young readers. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426309767
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This thrilling series roars back to life with the release of Mystery #13, Night of the Black Bear. Something very strange is going on in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A teenage girl is the latest victim in a growing number of bear attacks. Officials must figure out what's causing the bizarre bear behavior or close the park. Can the Landons help? Soon Jack and Ashley are searching for answers with their new friends Yonah Firekiller, a 16-year-old Cherokee boy, and 14-year-old Merle Chapman, whose family once lived on park land. But a heated argument over ancestral land rights puts the Landon kids in the middle of a clash of cultures. Tensions mount when Merle is caught in a lie—a lie that leads straight to the heart-pounding solution. This breathtaking new adventure features an afterword by a park naturalist on black bear behavior and the problems caused by tourists feeding wildlife. Night of the Black Bear is a fast-paced narrative treat filled with vivid descriptions of the natural, scientific, and cultural phenomena of Great Smoky Mountains National Park; a page-turner that will put this popular National Park high on the vacation wish-list of all young readers. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Night of the Black Bear
Author: Alane Ferguson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426300943
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
While their mother investigates a series of bear attacks in and near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Jack and Ashley learn about country music and Cherokee people from two new friends, one of whom is keeping a secret.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426300943
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
While their mother investigates a series of bear attacks in and near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Jack and Ashley learn about country music and Cherokee people from two new friends, one of whom is keeping a secret.
The Hunted
Author: Alane Ferguson
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 9780792276654
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Landon family travels to Glacier National Park to investigate why grizzly bear cubs are disappearing and become involved with a ten-year-old Mexican runaway boy.
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 9780792276654
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Landon family travels to Glacier National Park to investigate why grizzly bear cubs are disappearing and become involved with a ten-year-old Mexican runaway boy.
Mystery in the Barn
Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher:
ISBN: 1634401867
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Something big is happening in the barn. The animals are all making a fuss. No good dog can resist the chance to sniff out the mystery.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1634401867
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Something big is happening in the barn. The animals are all making a fuss. No good dog can resist the chance to sniff out the mystery.
Rage of Fire
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435230484
Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jack, Ashley, and their parents visit Hawaii where they meet a Vietnamese boy who is going to live with his American grandfather whom he has never met, and are pursued by the Goddess Pele.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435230484
Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Jack, Ashley, and their parents visit Hawaii where they meet a Vietnamese boy who is going to live with his American grandfather whom he has never met, and are pursued by the Goddess Pele.
Blood Lure
Author: Nevada Barr
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425183755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In this mystery in Nevada Barr’s New York Times bestselling series, District Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is betrayed by nature itself, as a most unnatural evil stalks its prey in the pristine West… Straddling the border between Montana and Canada lies the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park—Anna’s home away from home when she is sent on a cross-training assignment to study grizzly bears. Along with bear researcher Joan Rand and a volatile, unpredictable teenage boy, Anna hikes the back country, seeking signs of bear. But the tables are turned on their second night out, when one of the beasts comes looking for them. Daybreak finds the boy missing, a camper mutilated, and Anna caught in a grip of fear, painfully aware that her lifelong bond with nature has inexplicably snapped...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425183755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In this mystery in Nevada Barr’s New York Times bestselling series, District Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is betrayed by nature itself, as a most unnatural evil stalks its prey in the pristine West… Straddling the border between Montana and Canada lies the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park—Anna’s home away from home when she is sent on a cross-training assignment to study grizzly bears. Along with bear researcher Joan Rand and a volatile, unpredictable teenage boy, Anna hikes the back country, seeking signs of bear. But the tables are turned on their second night out, when one of the beasts comes looking for them. Daybreak finds the boy missing, a camper mutilated, and Anna caught in a grip of fear, painfully aware that her lifelong bond with nature has inexplicably snapped...
Mystery at Camp Kookaburra
Author: Kyla Steinkraus
Publisher: Paisley Atoms
ISBN: 9781681917122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Strange animals appear in the forest. Where did they come from?" --
Publisher: Paisley Atoms
ISBN: 9781681917122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Strange animals appear in the forest. Where did they come from?" --
Winter Danger
Author: William O. Steele
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152052065
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
A young pioneer boy must adjust to settled frontier life when his father leaves him with relatives and returns to the woods.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152052065
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
A young pioneer boy must adjust to settled frontier life when his father leaves him with relatives and returns to the woods.
Mysteries in Our National Parks: The Hunted
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426309686
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Grizzly cubs are disappearing from Glacier National Park, and the Landon family must figure out why! But for Jack, the real mystery is his sister Ashley's strange behavior. What was she doing alone in the woods so early in the morning? And why did she lie to their parents? Jack's efforts to unravel the truth lead to a pulse-pounding adventure that brings the Landon kids face to face with an enraged grizzly—as Jack and his sister suddenly become the hunted.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426309686
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Grizzly cubs are disappearing from Glacier National Park, and the Landon family must figure out why! But for Jack, the real mystery is his sister Ashley's strange behavior. What was she doing alone in the woods so early in the morning? And why did she lie to their parents? Jack's efforts to unravel the truth lead to a pulse-pounding adventure that brings the Landon kids face to face with an enraged grizzly—as Jack and his sister suddenly become the hunted.
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Deadly Waters
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 142630966X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Landon family is Southbound—headed for Florida to investigate a mysterious illness plaguing endangered manatees in Everglades National Park. Jack, Ashley, and their friend Bridger soon find themselves in deadly waters with a seven-foot shark, an injured manatee—and a mystery to solve. Who was the stranger in the speedboat who snatched Jack's camera? And what does he have to do with the manatees? Join the heart-stopping chase through a maze of mangrove islands to find out!
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 142630966X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Landon family is Southbound—headed for Florida to investigate a mysterious illness plaguing endangered manatees in Everglades National Park. Jack, Ashley, and their friend Bridger soon find themselves in deadly waters with a seven-foot shark, an injured manatee—and a mystery to solve. Who was the stranger in the speedboat who snatched Jack's camera? And what does he have to do with the manatees? Join the heart-stopping chase through a maze of mangrove islands to find out!