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On the Rocks

Eric Walters

EPUB
ca. 6,49

Orca Book Publishers img Link Publisher

Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre

Beschreibung

Key Selling Points

  • A young teen works with his estranged grandfather to try to save an orca stranded on the rocks at low tide.
  • This book examines complicated family dynamics and the effects of addiction.
  • The story is set on a remote island off the West Coast, and a pod of orcas, a species very much in the news these days, figures prominently in the storyline.
  • Eric Walters has written over 120 books, including Branded and Special Edward in the Orca Currents series.
  • The author based this story on a real-life orca rescue in 2015. Readers can watch footage of the rescue on YouTube.

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Schlagwörter

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