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Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone
Contributor(s): Johnson, Rebecca L. (Author)

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ISBN: 1467711543     ISBN-13: 9781467711548
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
OUR PRICE: $32.92  

Binding Type: Library Binding - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Zoology
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Physics
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Earth Sciences
Dewey: 590.947
LCCN: 2013039471
Age Level: 11-18
Grade Level: 6-13
Lexile Measure: 1190(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.2" W x 10.1" L (0.80 lbs) 64 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2014
Booklist 11/01/2014 pg. 35
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2014 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 152
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 168460
Reading Level: 8.2   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 2.0
 
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Publisher Description:

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface. But the Dead Zone, as the contaminated area is known, doesn't look dead at all. In fact, wildlife seems to be thriving there. The Zone is home to beetles, swallows, catfish, mice, voles, otters, beavers, wild boar, foxes, lynx, deer, moose--even brown bears and wolves. Yet the animals in the Zone are not quite what you'd expect. Every single one of them is radioactive.

In Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom, you'll meet the international scientists investigating the Zone's wildlife and trying to answer difficult questions: Have some animals adapted to living with radiation? Or is the radioactive environment harming them in ways we can't see or that will only show up in future generations? Learn more about the fascinating ongoing research--and the debates that surround the findings--in one of the most dangerous places on Earth.


Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Rebecca L.: -

Rebecca L. Johnson writes award-winning nonfiction for children and young adults about scientific discoveries and the scientists who make them. She hopes her books will inspire new generations of scientists by introducing readers to some of the remarkable species with whom we share the planet. Learn more at www.rebeccajohnsonbooks.com.


 
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