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Manatee Blues (Wild at Heart: American Girl)

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What a wonderful book! And what a enjoyable book to read with your child! I feel so lucky that my 7 year old daughter and I found these books to read together. It is such a pleasure to be able to read a book to her that is both interesting and engrossing to my child and to myself as well. This is a book that I read a chapter to her, and then she reads a chapter to me, and I remain interested and intrigued. My daughter is an animal lover and wants to be a vet when she grows up. This book, and other books in the Wild at Heart series show not only what a vet does, but also how a child can pitch in and make a real difference.

This particular book is about manatees and how the environment and the boats in Florida are causing them to be an endangered species. It is written from the perspective of Brenna and relates her feelings about saving the manatees. This book is also educates the reader about manatees, their anatomy, their care, and their problems. By the end of the book, I had a lump in my throat as I read the conclusion, it was so touching! If you are a young girl (or boy for that matter), read this book! If you are a parent, read it with your child! I'm sure you will enjoy it as much as my daughter and I did.

Manatee Blues is an awesome book! It is my favorite so far from the Wild at Heart Series! It takes place from a marine animal lover who volunteers at Wild at Heart Animal Clinic! Her mane in Brenna! A few people from Wild at Heart Animal Clinic take a vacation to Miami Florida to visit one of Dr. Mac's friend who is a marine bioligist! Dr. Mac owns Wild at Heart! The Marine Biology Center watches marine animals like manatees if they get hurt! They feed and keep the manatees until they are better! Brenna really wants to help the endangered manatees and finds herself in deep trouble when she jumps off a boat to help a hurt manatee! The Marine Biology Center has to close down because it doesn't have enough money to pay for food and equiptment! Brenna is going to do all she can do to stop it from closing down without getting in any more trouble than she is already! Find out if Brenna can save the Marine Biology Center by reading Manatee Blues!

This book is very intriguing, I couldn't put it down! Brenna and two other friends (Zoe and Maggie) went to Florda to study manatees. When they get there they meet a marine biologist who works at a rescue center for manatees and other animals. This place needs ALOT of money to stay open. When Brenna takes a picture of a famous baseball player driving his boat too fast where manatees may be, and then shows it to him after his baseball game... Did she just save the rescue center? I suggest this book to anyone who likes water animals, and alot of adventure.

This story is about a girl going to Florida to help manatees. There is a lot of information on manatee care, and there is information about manatees in there.

But, really, this is a great book! For kids (like myself), most of the time we're just looked upon, and never given a chance. Yet, this story shows that you can make a difference. It's very touching. This story is a great read--for children and animal lovers alike. =)

This is the fourth book in the WILD AT HEART series about young vet volunteers. You've read about Maggie, Sunita, and David. This book is about Brenna, and manatees. Manatees are large marine mammals. They look something like floating elephants. They're related to elephants, too, as well as to aardvarks and hyraxes. Did you know that? Brenna did. She loves manatees. She did a school project on them and got an A+. Now she gets to travel by airplane to Florida with Dr. Mac and her two granddaughters, Maggie and Zoe, to work in a rescue mission for manatees. And she is jazzed! She takes along her camera with its zoom lens, and she can't wait to meet Dr. Mac's former pupil, Gretchen, who runs the rescue mission. Of course, her mother's parting words, "Be polite, watch your temper, and think before you open your mouth," get Brenna into trouble --- when she forgets them!

They no sooner arrive at the mission than Gretchen and her assistant Carlos get a phone call about a wounded manatee that needs help. Brenna wants to go along, and she makes Dr. Mac mad by asking Gretchen to let them. But Gretchen says it's okay. When they find the manatee, they discover that it's Violet, an old friend of Gretchen and Carlos. She's been struck by a boat. The propeller ripped into her back, broke her ribs, and punctured a lung. She's been floating, helpless and in pain, for weeks. Gretchen and Carlos don't know whether they can save her or not. When they get her back to the mission, Gretchen lets Dr. Mac and the girls watch the surgery.

While Violet is recuperating from the first surgery, Gretchen takes Dr. Mac and the girls on a floating restaurant cruise to the Gulf of Mexico. Is that neat or what? While Brenna tries to figure out which fork to use (she has three), she notices an abandoned baby manatee thrashing in the water. Gretchen uses Brenna's camera with its telephoto lens to see that the baby is tangled in the rope of a crab pot. The tide is coming in, and the baby will drown unless someone rescues him. Gretchen puts on a life jacket and jumps overboard. Brenna thinks she needs help and jumps in, too --- without a life jacket. Gretchen isn't happy about that, and Dr. Mac is steamed about it.

They rescue the baby and take it to the mission. Carlos says Brenna can name him. She names him Key Lime. That's her pie that was melting while she helped Gretchen rescue him. Key Lime needs an adopted mother, and he wants Violet to volunteer. But Violet is getting worse, so Gretchen and Carlos have to operate on her again. But there is even more terrible news than that. The mission is in debt. It needs hundreds of thousands of dollars just to survive, and Gretchen's bank loan is denied. Even if they can save Violet and Key Lime, they can't save the mission. Or can they? I'll give you some clues: Brenna's camera and a baseball game. Got it? Then you'd better read the book!

--- Reviewed by Tamara Penny

I think this book is AWESOME it's my faivorite in the series !
It's about this girl named Brenna who gose to Florida with some other volunteers from Wild at Heart animal clinic to reaserch Manatees and really makes a diference. I would recamend this book to any persone that likes water animals or just wants a Great book.

This book was so awesome I felt like I was in Florida ! This story was about a girl named Brenna who really liked manatees. One day Dr. Mac
decided to take Maggie,Zoe,and Brenna to Florida to visit a manatee
rescue center,that needs money really bad.You will have to read the
book to find out what happens next. I really enjoyed this story because
I love animals,especially manatees!

I absolutely LOVE any Wild at Heart Books, and I can never put them down. I would strongly suggest that you buy this book for you, friend, or a family member. Anyone could find something that they enjoy in these books!!!