Gill Lewis
1) Moon bear
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In Laos, twelve-year-old Tam must work at a bear farm where bears are cruelly caged and milked for their bile, but when a familiar cub is brought to the farm, Tam will do anything to free both the cub, and himself.
2) Gorilla dawn
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Imara and Bobo, two children being held by rebel soldiers, are determined to return a captive baby gorilla back to the forest before it is sold.
3) Scarlet ibis
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Scarlet doesn't have an easy life. She's never known her dad, her mom suffers from depression, and her younger brother Red has Asperger's and relies heavily on her to make the world a safe place for him. Scarlet does this by indulging Red's passion for birds, telling him stories about the day they'll go to Trinidad and see all the wonderful birds there (especially his beloved Scarlet Ibis), saving her money to take him to the zoo,...
4) Wild wings
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Callum becomes friends with Iona, a practically feral classmate who has discovered an osprey, thought to be gone from Scotland, on Callum's family farm, and they eventually share the secret with others, including Jeneba who encounters the same bird at her home in Gambia.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rami is in a small dinghy filled with strangers, all of them refugees seeking a safe harbor. But with no motor, no oars, and a rising tide, their situation looks bleak. So Rami pulls out the only thing he brought with him-a violin-and begins to tell his fellow refugees a story through his music. And his story, about an indomitable white stallion and its struggle for freedom, gives them all the strength to remember the past and hope for the future....
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.
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