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For the ever-curious Matthew and Oliver
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43 (bottom right); © Joshua Blake, CDF, pp. 9 (top left), 46, 47, 48 (left); © Juan Manuel Garcia, CDF, pp. 9 (top right), 43 (center right); LKW/Independent
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tortoise photos), 56 (right); NOTE OMG/Shutterstock.com, p. 43 (bottom left); © Joshua Vela Fonseca/FCD, p. 48 (right). Design element: Gordana Simic/
Shutterstock.com. Front cover: © Joshua Vela Fonseca/FCD; Girish HC/Shutterstock.com. Back cover: © Jake Messner. Jacket flaps: © Jake Messner; Girish
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Messner, Kate, author.
Title: Tracking tortoises : the mission to save a Galápagos giant / Kate Messner.
Description: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Ages 9–14 | Audience: Grades 4–6 | Summary:
“Take a journey to the Galápagos Islands to see Galápagos giant tortoises up close and discover how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists study
and protect these gentle giants. Page Plus links in the book lead to videos of scientists in the field”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020053050 (print) | LCCN 2020053051 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541596115 (library binding) | ISBN 9781728419039 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Galapagos tortoise—Conservation—Galapagos Islands. | Galapagos Islands.
Classification: LCC QL666.C584 .M47 2022 (print) | LCC QL666.C584 (ebook) | DDC 597.92/46—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053050
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053051
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-47627-48108-2/24/2021
