Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World's Largest Rainforest
by Sy Montgomery and Keith Ellenbogen • Part of the Scientists in the Field Series
Considered the “lungs of the world,” the Amazon provides a full fifth... read more
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- Grade
- 3-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 17,966
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1050L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 189414, 3 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Biotic communities--Amazon River Region--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Fish
- Fishes--Amazon River--Juvenile literature
- Ecology
- Montgomery, Sy--Travel--Amazon River Region--Juvenile literature
- Fishes--Brazil--Rio Negro (Amazonas)--Juvenile literature
- Rio Negro (Amazonas, Brazil)
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science
- Rio Negro (Amazonas)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Trees & Forests
- Brazil
- Ecology--Amazon River Region--Juvenile literature
- Amazon River--Juvenile literature
- Travel
- Amazon River Region
- Amazon River
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
- Fishes
- Rio Negro (Amazonas, Brazil)--Juvenile literature
- Ecology--Brazil--Rio Negro (Amazonas)--Juvenile literature
- Biotic communities
- Montgomery, Sy
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- Sample: EL Education, Grades K-8
- Global Scientific Inquiry - Grade 6-8
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