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Up Close: Rachel Carson: Rachel Carson

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By Ellen Levine
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - (Puffin)
Up Close: Rachel Carson: Rachel Carson
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Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her awardwinning and controversial book Silent Spring. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of humankinds contamination of the environment and ultimately led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.

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31204 words31,204 words
208 pages208 pages
Lexile 1060LLexile 1060L
Grade 4 to 6Grade 4 to 6

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9780142410462

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