Title Trapped on the rock / Gerry Bailey.

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New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2014.

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1618232~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
Nichols Juvenile Nonfiction	J 613.690 BAI	AVAILABLE

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Description	32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Series	Bailey, Gerry, 1945- Science to the rescue.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Summary	"Separated from his science team on a mountain after a landslide, Joe is in no hurry to get back. The slide has carried a wealth of fossils with it for him to study! Joe examines these and the mountain terrain to learn how the mountains formed and figure out how old they are."-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 8-11.
Note	Ages 8-11.
Audience	Grades 4 to 6.
Note	Grades 4 to 6.
Contents	Introduction to Joe's story -- What is a mountain? -- Tectonic plates -- Different shapes -- Layers in the rock -- Erosion -- Fossils on the mountain -- Crumple and crack -- Mountain animals -- In the cave-dripped shapes -- Fly like an eagle -- How do birds fly? -- Downhill flow-gravity -- Mountain people -- A Sherpa guide -- Why is Joe there? -- Carbon dating.
Audience	890L Lexile
Note	890L Lexile
Study Program	Accelerated Reader MG 5.2 0.5 166573
Note	Accelerated Reader MG 5.2 0.5 166573
Subject	Wilderness survival -- Himalaya Mountains -- Juvenile literature.
	Survival -- Himalaya Mountains -- Juvenile literature.
	Mountaineering -- Himalaya Mountains -- Juvenile literature.
	Geology -- Research -- Himalaya Mountains -- Juvenile literature.
	Himalaya Mountains -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN	9780778704331 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
	0778704335 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
	9780778704393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0778704394 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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