Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea
by Sy Montgomery
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 720L · 80 pages · 2009
Why we'd hand it over
Sy Montgomery's vivid, precise prose turns a real scientific expedition into a page-turner; kids learn how field biology works and why a single species matters, not through preaching but through genuine adventure.