The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo

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Author:

George, Jean Craighead

ISBN:

978-0-06-440434-1

Publication Date:

Jun 2000

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

HarperCollins

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $9.99

Book Description:

An exciting ecological mystery for tweens featuring a missing 'gator in the Florida Everglades, by Jean Craighead George, the beloved Newbery Medal-winning author of Julie of the Wolves and My Side of the Mountain.

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 in her small...
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Book Details

Pages:	160
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.12 x 7.62 x 0.32 Inches
Book Weight:	0.24 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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