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//-->NIGHTOF THESPADEFOOTTOADSBill HarleyPublished byPEACHTREE PUBLISHERS1700 Chattahoochee AvenueAtlanta, Georgia 30318-2112www.peachtree-online.comText © 2008 by Bill HarleyJacket illustration © 2008 by Tom GonzalezFirst trade paperback edition published in 2012All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrievalsystem, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy,recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the priorpermission of the publisher.Jacket design by Loraine M. JoynerBook design by Melanie McMahon IvesLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataHarley, Bill, 1954-Night of the spadefoot toads / Bill Harley. -- 1st ed.p. cm.Summary: When his family moves from Tucson, Arizona to Massachusetts, fifth-graderBen has a hard time leaving the desert he loves, but when he finds a kindred spirit in hisscience teacher and ends up trying to help her with some of her problems, he finallybegins to feel at home.ISBN 13: 978-1-56145-751-9 (ebook)[1. Moving, Household--Fiction. 2. Vernal pool ecology--Fiction. 3. Environmentalprotection--Fiction. 4. Teacher-student relationships--Fiction. 5. Schools--Fiction. 6.Massachusetts--Fiction.] I. Title.PZ7.H22655Ni 2008[Fic]--dc222008008784This book is dedicated to all teachers of science who instilla sense of wonder for the natural world in their students.In particular, to my friends Suzy Williams, Rob “Otter” Brown,Suzanne Elliot, and most especially Carol Entin, who showed me thespadefoots close to my home on a very rainy April night.Thanks to Suzy Williams, Suzanne Elliot, and Carol Entin for their carefulreading; to Beth Samuels, who read an early version; to Tom Tyning for hiscomments on the manuscript and advice on timber rattlers; to Brad Fiero foradvice on the natural history of the Sonoran desert; and to editors EmilyWhitten and Vicky Holifield for their care and wisdom. And, as always,thanks to Debbie Block for listening and reading. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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