The Marino mission
Subtitle: one girl, one mission, one thousand words
By: Karen B. Chapman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Wiley Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Dolphins -- Fiction.; Scientists -- Fiction.; DNA research -- Fiction.; Wildlife rescue -- Fiction.; Vocabulary.; Nicaragua -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Sixteen-year-old Alexa reluctantly joins her mother, a marine biologist, for a summer in Nicaragua, but finds that her internship in a DNA lab can provide the help a new friend needs to come to the aid of some captive dolphins. Includes glossary and vocabulary exercises.
Notes: "1,000 need-to-know SAT vocabulary words."