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A family trip to Mexico changes a cocky teenager's attitudes as he becomes exposed to his brother's consuming interest in saving endangered species, to his parents' problems, and to his own selfishness.

A third prophecy, this time involving a leopard, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical healing powers over animals, when she travels with her grandmother and best friend Ben to Zimbabwe.

"Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the island, the animals are forced inland to fight over dwindling resources. Roz calms and organizes the animals, but the poison tide takes a terrible toll on the island. So the wild robot sets out across the ocean, determined to stop the poison tide. During her journey, Roz encounters amazing geological formations and incredible creatures, and...

Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.

When sixteen-year-old Sam falls in love with disfigured Chip Clewt and helps him in his campaign to save the black bears in the North Carolina swamp near her home, she gets in deep trouble with her father, an avid hunter.

"There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to a faraway Arctic outpost for six months. But one night, April catches a glimpse of something distinctly bear shaped loping across the horizon. A polar bear who shouldn't be there--who is hungry, lonely, and a long way from home. As their unlikely bond grows, April is determined to save her new friend--and so begins...

A wildfire in Rocky Mountain National Park poses several problems for Chief Anna MacElreath and her Firestormers; not only does she have to work with a touchy career-oriented local fire chief, but a group of conservationists is determined to force her to save the area that is the habitat of the whooping crane--even if it means risking their own lives.

"Giant Bat Cave has been a home to Bear Country's bats for millions of years. But now crooked Ralph Ripoff wants to turn the cave into an underground theme park! Can the Bear Scouts "save the cave" before the bats become homeless?"--Cover.

During a hike with her brother through the Amazon rainforest, fifth-grader Lea discovers a badly injured baby sloth.

"Journey with a solar bear who shines a light on the endangered species around the world and join the cause with your own mighty roar in this hopeful love letter to planet Earth and those who inhabit it." --