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Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee
Winner:Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award -Beginning Nonfiction (2008)
After the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, a little hippo named Owen was discovered orphaned and alone, far from home. Come read the true and heartwarming story of the animal sanctuary that provided a new home for Owen, where he found an unlikely best friend in a 130- year-old tortoise named Mzee.
Book Details
- Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
- Publish Date: May 10th, 2007
- Pages: 32
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.92in - 6.12in - 0.11in - 0.16lb
- EAN: 9780448445670
- Recommended age: 06-07
- Categories: • Animals - Mammals• Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians• Science & Nature - Disasters
About the Author
Roberta Edwards lives in New York, New York. Ken Call lives in Northbrook, Illinois.