CCBC Choices 2024 -- Tweens (ages 9-11)

The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison compiles a yearly list of excellent books for young readers.

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1. Great Carrier Reef

Author:

Stremer, Jessica

Series:

Books for a better Earth

Notes:

Science, Technology, and the Natural World;7-10

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
0 of 1	Boulder NoBo Childrens Nonfiction	J 551.424 Stre
0 of 1	Broomfield Children's Non-Fiction	J 577.7 Strem
1 of 1	Louisville Children's NonFiction	J 577.7 STREMER
1 of 1	Loveland Children's Nonfiction	577.7 Stremer, J.

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

Physical Desc.

Availability

[2023]

First edition

Holiday House

39 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.

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Description:

This incredible story brings young readers along on the journey of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany—the Mighty O—as it gets stripped down to a steel shell for a new life below the waves. After 25 years of service, launching more aircraft than any other carrier of its time, the ship found a new mission as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida. The Mighty O was prepped and reefed by a team of more than 150 scientists, engineers, and technicians....