George, Jean Craighead

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Who really killed Cock Robin?

an eco mystery
1992
Eighth-grader Tony Isidoro follows a trail of environmental clues to try and figure out what ecological imbalances might have caused the death of the town's best-known robin.

On the far side of the mountain

1990
Sam's peaceful existence in his wilderness home is disrupted when his sister runs away and his pet falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer.

Luck

2006
Luck, a young sandhill crane, finds his place in the ancient crane migration from northern Canada to the Platte River.

Charlie's raven

2004
When Charlie's friend Singing Bird, a Teton Sioux, tells him that ravens have curing powers, Charlie steals a baby bird from its nest hoping it will cure his grandfather, and Granddad, a retired naturalist, encourages Charlie to record his observations of the bird and study the effect it has on humans.

Morning, noon, and night

1999
Traces the sun's journey across the earth and focuses on many different animals habits during the hours of the day.

Julie

1994
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.

Water sky

1987
A boy who goes to Barrow, Alaska, to live with friends of his father for a while learns the importance of whaling to the Eskimo culture.

Frightful's daughter

2002
The author brings back characters from her classic "My Side of the Mountain" in this story about a falcon chick named Oksi, one of Frightful's babies, who is rescued and nursed through her first winter by Sam, a boy who lives alone, at one with nature, on a mountain nearby.

My side of the mountain

2004
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

On the far side of the mountain

2001
Sam's peaceful existence in his wilderness home is disrupted when his sister runs away and his pet falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer.

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