The Burying Beetle
Publisher: Luath Press Limited
Published: May 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781842820995
Subjects: Modern fiction; English Contemporary Fiction - Individual Authors; Juvenile Fiction; Fiction - General; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Literary; Fiction / General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction; People & Places - General
Description: Gussie was born with a rare heart disease. To reduce the strain on her health, she and her mother move to the Cornish coast. There, she learns about the Burying Beetle, which buries animals by digging away the earth beneath them. As she searches the countryside for the insect she is forced to confront her mortality. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.