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Oil-Soaked Wings
Oil-Soaked Wings
Oil-Soaked Wings
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An oil spill in the ocean means destruction for both animals and their habitats-and lots of work for Seaside Sanctuary, where Elsa Roth's parents work. When pelicans are gravely hurt in the spill and brought into the sanctuary, Elsa and her friends are given important roles in caring for the birds. But the animals can't be released until their habitat is clean-and the company responsible for the spill doesn't seem interested in stepping up. Can Elsa and her friends spearhead the cleanup and save the pelicans?
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 1, 2019
ISBN9781496581754
Oil-Soaked Wings
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Emma Bernay

Emma Carlson Berne has written more than a dozen books for children and young adults, including teen romance novels, biographies, and history books. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, Aaron, her son, Henry, and her dog, Holly. Emma Carlson Berne has written numerous historical and biographical books for children and young adults, as well as young adult fiction. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two sons.

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    Oil-Soaked Wings - Emma Bernay

    Table of Contents

    Cover

    Half Title Page

    Title Page

    Dear Diary

    Chapter 1

    Chapter 2

    Chapter 3

    Chapter 4

    Chapter 5

    Chapter 6

    Chapter 7

    Chapter 8

    Epilogue

    About the Author

    About the Illustrator

    Glossary

    Talk About It

    Write About It

    More About Pelicans

    Seaside Sanctuary

    Explore More

    Copyright

    Back Cover

    Dear Diary,

    The past few months have been crazy, and not just because I moved across the country. I never thought we’d leave Chicago. The city was home my whole life. I loved the rumbling above-ground trains, the massive skyscrapers, the sidewalks filled with people.… Believe it or not, I even liked my school. It was the type of place where it was cool to be smart.

    But then, right after school ended for the year, Mom and Dad announced we were moving. They decided to leave their jobs as marine biologists at the Shedd Aquarium and move the whole family to Charleston, South Carolina! They both got jobs running someplace called Seaside Sanctuary Marine Wildlife Refuge—jobs that were too good to pass up, as they put it.

    And at first, I couldn’t believe Seaside Sanctuary would ever seem like home. Everything was different—the humidity, the salty air, the palmetto trees, the old brick streets lined with massive live oaks. Not to mention the flat, quiet beaches with water warm enough to swim in all year—you don’t see that along Lake Michigan.

    But it hasn’t all been bad. For starters, I met my best friend, Olivia, on my first day at Seaside Sanctuary. She was sitting by the turtle pool, reading. By the end of the morning, I knew three very important things about Olivia:

    Her older sister, Abby, is the vet at the sanctuary.

    She doesn’t like talking to people she doesn’t know.

    She wants to be a dolphin researcher when she grows up.

    And I knew we were going to be best friends.

    I still miss Chicago. But between helping the volunteers with feedings, cleaning tanks, showing tourists around, and prepping seal food in the industrial-sized blender, I haven’t had much time to think about my old life. And one thing is for sure—at Seaside Sanctuary, I’m never lonely, and I’m never bored.

    Chapter 1

    Olivia! I called down the beach. Over here! I shook out my beach towel and spread it on white sand as fine as baby powder.

    In front of us, the ocean stretched out to the horizon. When I first moved here to Charleston, I had no idea an ocean could be so calm—or so warm.

    Olivia fussed with her towel, laying it out and fidgeting with the edges until it was perfectly flat. I can’t believe you found this place! she said, finally lowering herself to her towel and closing her eyes against the sun.

    I know—it’s like having our own private beach. I’d been on a hike the week before when I spotted a pathway near the end of a string of cottages not far from Seaside Sanctuary. I’d followed it through waist-high thickets of palmetto scrub before it ended on this totally deserted stretch of sand. You couldn’t get to it from a street, which must be why it was so deserted—and perfect for Olivia and me.

    The day was perfect for the beach too—blue sky, blazing Charleston sun, a few puffy white clouds skating by. I lay on my back, closed my eyes, and listened to the shush-shushing of the water. I inhaled the familiar salt smell—and something else. There was another smell today—something acrid.

    I inhaled again and sat up. Olivia, do you smell something weird?

    No. She had her arm crooked over her eyes. Then she sat up too. Yeah, actually. She sniffed. It smells bad.

    "I think it’s

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