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The Eagles Are Back

by Jean Craighead GEORGE
1 CD with tr book. 11:15 min. Live Oak. 2014. $29.95. ISBN 9781430117773.
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Gr 1–3—In this posthumously published work, George explains how eagles were on the brink of extinction in the 1950s owing to overhunting, deforestation, and pesticides such as DDT. A young boy, who remains nameless, lives in Alaska and has befriended a pair of eagles. The boy volunteers to observe the eagles, named First Lady and Uncle Sam, to see if they will incubate an abandoned egg. The boy observes and helps out by giving the birds fish and visits the eagle family routinely. The audio version has music throughout the narration, contains sound effects of the forest, and is read in the strong, clear voice of the print work's illustrator, Wendell Minor. He paces his voice in order to give young listeners time to understand some of the more complicated concepts such as pesticides.
VERDICT This book is informative and would be a perfect jumping-off point for discussions about Earth Day, raptors, Alaskan history, and endangered species.
Reviewed by Katie Llera, Bound Brook High School, NJ , May 01, 2015

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