A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts
by Pamela S. Turner and George Schaller
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2008
Word Count 24,853
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1020L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 126303, 4 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Zoologists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Schaller, George B.--Juvenile literature
- Wildlife conservation--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- United States
- Wildlife conservation
- Zoologists
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
- Schaller, George B
- Lists With This Book
- Science and Scientists
- Life Science, 6-12
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Winner, 2009

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2009
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