Finding home

A koala mother faces two challenges: protecting herself and her joey from the raging bushfire, and finding food after their home range is destroyed. Her journey brings her closer to the world of humans than she has ever been before--but it's a risk she must take. Based on the real-life story of...

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Main Author: Markle, Sandra.
Other Authors: Marks, Alan, 1957- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
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Summary: A koala mother faces two challenges: protecting herself and her joey from the raging bushfire, and finding food after their home range is destroyed. Her journey brings her closer to the world of humans than she has ever been before--but it's a risk she must take. Based on the real-life story of a koala nicknamed Cinders that survived two bushfires.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN: 1580891225 (reinforced)
9781580891226 (reinforced)
Author Notes: Sandra Markle has written over seventy nonfiction books for young readers, including her Growing Up Wild and Outside and Inside series. Her books have won awards from the Boston Globe/Horn Book, NSTA/CBC, ABA, and ALA. She lives in Florida.