Death Eaters: Meet Nature's Scavengers
by
Kelly Milner Halls
Edition
Library edition
Publisher
Lerner
Imprint
Millbrook
ISBN
9781512482003
Awards and Honors
2018 Cybils Award Winner, Middle Grade Non-Fiction
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What happens to the bodies of animals and humans after death? Nature's army of death eaters steps in to take care of clean up. Without these masters of decomposition, our planet would be covered in rotting bodies. This high-interest science text dives into the science behind how bodies decompose.
Source notes. Glossary. Selected bibliography. Further reading. Index. Full-color diagram and photographs.
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Details
Format
Page Count
40
Trim Size
10" x 10"
Dewey
591.7/14
AR
6.9: points 1
Lexile
1060L
Genre
Nonfic
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
Oct 2018
Book Genres
Topics
Death (biology). Biodegradation. Scavengers (zoology). Decomposition. Science. Nature and the natural world.
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