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Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia (Scientists in the Field)

by Sy Montgomery (Author)

Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia (Scientists in the Field)

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Reading Level: 4^th − 5^th Grade

Series: Scientists in the Field

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School Library Journal Best Book of 2009

A NSTA/CBS Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2010

2009 Booklists's Editors' List of the Top 10 Environmental Titles for Youth

With a dazzling as-it-happens narrative and spectacular photographs, readers, young and old, will be fascinated as they discover why these mysterious cats are called ghosts of the mountain. Readers will also be stunned by how much perseverance it takes to research and protect this endangered, little-understood species.

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Classification

Non-fiction

ISBN-13

9780547727349

Lexile Measure

840

Guided Reading Level

-

Publisher

Clarion Books

Publication date

September 04, 2012

Series

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BISAC categories

JNF051150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
JNF025030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Asia
JNF043000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Politics & Government
JNF002000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
JNF038020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Asia
JNF041000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Photography
JNF058000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Travel
JNF003040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Cats
JNF052020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
JNF025080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Exploration & Discovery

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