Kenzie's Key - Hardcover

Bonnie J. Doerr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0961915560 ISBN 13: 9780961915568

Publisher: Laurel & Herbert Inc, 2003

Synopsis

After her parents' divorce, twelve-year-old Kenzie and her mother leave New York City for a new home in Big Pine Key, Florida, where Kenzie and her new friend Angelo try to find out who is poaching the island's tiny Key deer, an endangered species. Includes notes on the history of the Key deer, as well as conservation efforts and related internet resources.

About this title

From the Author:

Kenzie's Key is aimed at middle grade readers 9 - 12 years of age. It is a story in which distressed twelve-year-old Kenzie learns that in taking care of the environment we also take care of ourselves. Much information regarding the National Key Deer Refuge and the Texas A&M research study on Key deer population management serves as background to the story. The novel provides a successful example of wildlife conservation as the endangered Key deer are expected to be downlisted to a threatened species of concern. Kenzie's Key has 14 chapters, 205 pages and includes hand drawn maps and author's notes.

About the Author:

Bonnie J. Doerr holds a B.S. in early childhood education and an M. Ed. in reading. She has lived in eight states where she taught students from kindergarten to college. Presently she is an Assistant Professor at the Florida Keys Community College in Key West, Florida. She is an award winning writer whose work appears in Milkweed Editions, Stories From Where We Live, The Gulf Coast. She is working on Turtle Dog, another middle grade environmental mystery; this one is about endangered sea turtles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurel & Herbert Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0961915560
• ISBN 13: 9780961915568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 211