This true story tells of four divers who saved a humpback whale off the coast of San Francisco. Tangled in hundreds of yards of crab trap lines, this is the story of a real-life rescue on a cool December morning.

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Age Range

7 - 11

Genre

narrative nonfiction

2013-01-01

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Publisher

Tilbury House

Grade Level

2nd - 6th

ISBN

9780884483359

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