"A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of sea turtles, the migrating shelled reptiles. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how sea turtles cause monsoons"--Provided by publisher.
Seventeen-year-old cub reporter and high school dropout Hayley Makk discovers a connection between a local teenager's murder and a fishing boat intent on capturing a rare sea turtle.
Follows one green sea turtle for twenty years as it travels around the Indian Ocean and returns to its birthplace on Raine Island to lay eggs that will produce a new generation of sea turtles.
"A scientific look at sea turtles, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their shells, behaviors, relationships with humans, and protection of the swimming reptiles in the world today"--Provided by the publisher.
