Sale price
$599
Five Silly Fishermen
Ages 4–6 · 1989
Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee
Chapter Book · Ages 8–12
Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee
Written by Roberta Edwards
3.9/5 Goodreads · 58 ratings
32 pages
From the publisher
After the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia, a little hippo named Owen was discovered orphaned and alone, far from home. Come read the true and heartwarming story of the animal sanctuary that provided a new home for Owen, where he found an unlikely best friend in a 130- year-old tortoise named Mzee.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Reading age
- 8–12
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- ~241L
The author
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 2
- F&P level
- ~H
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 114918
Publication
- Published
- January 1, 2007
Edition
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781428741140
- LCCN
- 2006031177
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