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Newman, Patricia

Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

48 pp. | Millbrook | April, 2014 | Library ISBN 978-1-4677-1283-5 $30.60 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4677-2541-5
(3) 4-6 Photographs by Annie Crawley. Here readers travel to the Pacific Garbage Patch with three graduate-student scientists as they try to determine the effect of plastics on the sea. There's solid explanation of their hypotheses and research, and emphasis on the researchers' experiences lends a personal feel. Questions of how plastic may harm the oceans, its inhabitants, and even humans encourage further inquiry. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter

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