"In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and hopefully eradicate certain genetic diseases."--
Ages 10-12.|||Grades 4 to 6.|||NC1170L Lexile|||juvenile
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-77) and index.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
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