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Upstream, Downstream

Exploring Watershed Connections

by Rowena Rae

Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication date
Sep 2021
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459823945
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $16.99
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781459823921
    Publish Date
    Sep 2021
    List Price
    $19.95

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About the author

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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Awards

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

Editorial Reviews

“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

“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

“Engaging and ­informative. Recommended.”

School Library Journal