Saving the ghost of the mountain : an expedition among snow leopards in Mongolia / text by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop.

Title:

ISBN:

9780618916450

Personal Author:

Montgomery, Sy

Publication Information:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, [2009]

Physical Description:

74 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

Awards Note:

A Junior Library Guild selection

Summary:

A pale, spotted, almost cloud-like coat makes the snow leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain habitat. Author Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop accompany conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they travel to Mongolia's Altai Mountains to gather data about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save this endangered species.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 3.0 131941.

Subject Term:

Snow leopard--Mongolia.

Added Author:

Bishop, Nic, 1955-

Audience:

840L Lexile

Series Title:

Scientists in the field.

Series Sequence:

Scientists in the field