Undaunted: The Wild Life of Biruté Mary Galdikas and Her Fearless Quest to Save Orangutans
by Anita Silvey
As a young scientist, Birute Mary Galdikas had a mission: To find and study the elusive... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2019
Word Count 13,369
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1140L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 504364
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Biographies
- Borneo
- Women primatologists--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Research
- Orangutans--Behavior--Research--Borneo--Juvenile literature
- Galdikas, BiruteÌ Marija Filomena
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Apes, Monkeys, etc.
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Behavior
- Indonesia
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Sumatra
- Galdikas, Birutae Marija Filomena
- Women primatologists
- Orangutans
- Orangutans--Behavior--Research--Indonesia--Sumatra--Juvenile literature
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Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2021
Commended, 2020
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