Taylor, Isadore Lord of the Kill.ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-439-33725-9. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : The Blue Sky Press. 246pp. $16.95. Sixteen-year-old Ben Jepson is left in charge of the big cats at the Los Coyotes Preserve while his parents go to India to write and photograph a National Geographic story about Bengal tiger poachers. During his parents' absence, Ben finds a half-eaten body in the jaguars' compound and has to cope with the murder, as well as the kidnapping of Lord of the Kill, a valuable Siberian tiger The Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is a rare subspecies of tiger (P. tigris). Also known as the Amur, North China, Manchurian, Ussuri, or Korean Tiger, it is arguably the largest of the 5 extant tiger subspecies. . The author informs readers about the little-known "canned hunts" and the slaughter of exotic zoo animals for sport and money in a suspenseful tale of murder, hate, and greed. Ages 11 up. Reviewed by Irene A. Allen, Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University, mainly at Ypsilanti, Mich.; coeducational; founded 1849 as a normal school, became Eastern Michigan College in 1956, gained university status in 1959. , Ypsilanti, MI |
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