Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee

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Paperback
Author: Roberta Edwards
Illustrator: Carol Schwartz
Publisher: Grosset Dunlap
Publish Date: May 2007
Language: English
Reading Level: 2
EAN: 9780448445670

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Overview

After the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, a little hippo named Owen was discovered orphaned and alone, far from home. Come read the true and heartwarming story of the animal sanctuary that provided a new home for Owen, where he found an unlikely best friend in a 130- year-old tortoise named Mzee.

Details

Pages: 32
Dimensions: 8.92 x 6.12 x 0.11 in
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0448445670

Awards

2008 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Winner (Beginning Nonfiction)