Nicola Davies is a zoologist and the award-winning author of
many books for children, including Surprising Sharks, which was a
Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor winner, and The Lion Who Stole My Arm,
also illustrated by Annabel Wright. Nicola Davies lives in
Wales.
Annabel Wright’s work has been used in campaigns for Amnesty
International and the School of Visual Arts in New York and has
also appeared in newspapers and magazines such as the Economist and
the Financial Times. She lives in Scotland.
This is a good addition to chapter book collections and will be
valuable for understanding animal conservation, familiarizing
students with Amazonian cultures, and encouraging grassroots
activism for tenacious kids.
—School Library Journal
...This appealing animal-survival adventure is based on a true
episode described in an afterword.
—Kirkus Reviews
Young readers will be inspired by this tale, which is based on a
true story, and will identify with the characters’ fight for animal
conservation.
—Booklist
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