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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 148 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 006440434X
Release Date: Jan 5, 1975
Age Range: 8 to 12
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 1 review.)
| |  | | | In Brief
Liza K. lives with her mother in a tent in an "outpost of the Everglades, called Gumbo Limbo Hammock. . . . One day an official shows up at Gumbo Limbo. He wants to kill Dajun, the giant alligator who is the protector of their haven. Without Dajun, who keeps the hole clear of algae and weeds that otherwise would grow out of control, their . . . environment will be lost. . . . The official cannot find Dajun, though, and even Liza K., who knows the big 'gator's ways, is mystified. Where could Dajun have gone? (Publisher's note) "Grades five to seven." (SLJ)
| | | | From The Publisher
Vanished?
Liza Poole lives with her mother in one of the last balanced ecosystems in North America — the Gumbo Limbo Hammock deep within the lush kingdom of the Florida Everglades. Some may think it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live in her small yellow tent amidst tropical birds and exotic plants. And at the center of this natural paradise lies Dajun, the majestic alligator who protects Gumbo Limbo's environment.
Then, one day, a state official arrives with frightening orders. Dajun is scaring people nearby — he must be killed! Liza takes action to save the invaluable 'gator, but suddenly, he is nowhere to be found. Now, she must find Dajun before it's too late, and her search will lead her into the heart of an exciting eco mystery!
Author Biography:
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in a family of naturalists, Jean George has centered her life around writing and nature. She attended Pennsylvania State University, graduating with degrees in English and science. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps and a reporter for the Washington Post. Ms. George, who has written over 90 books - among them My Side of the Mountain (Dutton), a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, and its sequels On the Far Side of the Mountain and Frightful's Mountain (both Dutton) - also hikes, canoes, and makes sourdough pancakes. In 1991, Ms. George became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature, which was presented to her for the "consistent superior quality" of herliterary works.
Her inspiration for the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves evolved from two specific events during a summer she spent studying wolves and tundra at the Arctic Research Laboratory of Barrow, Alaska: "One was a small girl walking the vast ad lonesome tundra outside of Barrow; the other was a magnificent alpha male wolf, leader of a pack in Denali National Park ... They haunted me for a year or more, as did the words of one of the scientists at the lab: 'If there ever was any doubt in my mind that a man could live with the wolves, it is gone now. The wolves are truly gentlemen, highly social and affectionate.'"
The mother of three children, Jean George is a grandmother who has joyfully red to her grandchildren since they were born. Over the years Jean George has kept 173 pets, not including dogs and cats, in her home in Chappaqua, New York. "Most of these wild animals depart in autumn, when the sun changes their behavior and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories."
| | | | Annotation
Liza lives in an unspoiled outpost of the Everglades called Gumbo Limbo Hammock. Some people would call Liza and her mother homeless, but Liza's mother says they are just on vacation until they can afford to buy a house. Meanwhile, officials are searching the Everglades for a missing giant alligator.
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Great book!
-- Jess, a magic,book,animal lover, September 10, 2001
Also Recommended: All books by Jean Craighead George
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Children: Grades 4-6, Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General, Juvenile Fiction, Nature & the Natural World - Environment, Animals - Alligators & Crocodiles, Social Situations - Homelessness & Poverty, Fiction, Florida, Ecology, Wildlife conservation, Alligators, Homeless persons
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