Rowena Rae worked as a biologist specializing in aquatic ecosystems in Canada and New Zealand before becoming a freelance writer, editor and children’s author. She is the author of Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids, as well as Chemical World and Upstream, Downstream in the Orca Footprints line. Rowena writes both fiction and nonfiction from her home in Victoria, British Columbia.

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• Long-listed, Green Earth Book Award
• Long-listed, The Nature Generation Green Earth Book Award
• Commended, Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standards Selection
• Commended, A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
• Commended, Junior Library Guild (JLG) Gold Standard Selection

“Rae organizes her material well and presents it in a readable way, providing enough detail to make each section interesting, but always returning to the broader picture…An informative addition to the reliable Orca Footprints series.”

Booklist

“The combination of Rae’s interests and expertise has produced a book that will inform and engage young readers and encourage them to make a difference by getting involved. Highly Recommended.”

CM: Canadian Review of Materials

“Engaging and ­informative. Recommended.”

School Library Journal