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Scientist Fred Urquhart spends decades, with help from volunteers, tracking where monarch butterflies go each winter. A true science detective story with a thrilling payoff.

Grade: 4th to 5th grade

Find more: Nature and Earth Day, Animals, STEM

ISBN: 9781984829566

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