The Ice's Edge: The Story of a Harp Seal Pup
- ISBN-10
- 1568993102
- ISBN-13
- 9781568993102
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-09-01
- Author
- Karen Romano Young
Description
Off the coast of Labrador, Little Harp Seal peers into a hole in the ice and begins crying for his mother, but alas his cries go unanswered. Looking for his mother in her breathing hole he falls in and frantically tries to get out of the water. As Harp Seal learns to live on his own he has to combat the everyday dangers of survival.
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