Here comes the garbage barge!
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the East Coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smel...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Schwartz & Wade Books,
c2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the East Coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 30 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 4-8. |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
| ISBN: | 9780375952180 (reinforced) 0375952187 (reinforced) 9780375852183 (hardcover) : 0375852182 (hardcover) : |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
