Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone by Johnson, Rebecca L.

Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren...
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Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
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Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone by Johnson, Rebecca L.

Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone

$117.73

Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone

$117.73
Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
Format: Library Binding
Language: English

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface. But the Dead Zone, as the contaminated area is known, doesn't look dead at all. In fact, wildlife seems to be thriving there. The Zone is home to beetles, swallows, catfish, mice, voles, otters, beavers, wild boar, foxes, lynx, deer, moose--even brown bears and wolves. Yet the animals in the Zone are not quite what you'd expect. Every single one of them is radioactive.

In Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom, you'll meet the international scientists investigating the Zone's wildlife and trying to answer difficult questions: Have some animals adapted to living with radiation? Or is the radioactive environment harming them in ways we can't see or that will only show up in future generations? Learn more about the fascinating ongoing research--and the debates that surround the findings--in one of the most dangerous places on Earth.



Author: Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
Published: 08/01/2014
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Library Binding
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781467711548
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.2
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 168460 / Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2014
Booklist 11/01/2014 pg. 35
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2014 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 152
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015

About the Author
Johnson, Rebecca L.: - Rebecca L. Johnson writes award-winning nonfiction for children and young adults about scientific discoveries and the scientists who make them. She hopes her books will inspire new generations of scientists by introducing readers to some of the remarkable species with whom we share the planet. Learn more at www.rebeccajohnsonbooks.com.

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