Ospreys in Danger
By Pamela McDowell and Kasia Charko
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Jenna "Cricket" McKay, protector of wildlife, stars in her first adventure!
When an osprey nest atop an electrical pole catches fire, the whole town of Waterton loses power. Being a park warden’s daughter, Jenna (whom everyone calls Cricket) is there at the scene, where she finds three abandoned baby ospreys. Caring for the chicks proves to be challenging for Cricket. The birds are noisy, hungry and very picky eaters. But when she discovers that the power company is building a new anti-nesting device on the electrical pole, Cricket has an even bigger problem. How will she reunite the baby birds with their parents without a place for them to build a nest?
Pamela McDowell
Pamela McDowell's first career was in education, teaching junior and senior high school. She began writing when she left teaching and has now written more than fifty fiction and nonfiction books for children. Pamela grew up in Alberta and enjoys writing about the diverse animals and habitats of her home province. Pamela lives in Calgary with her family.
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Ospreys in Danger - Pamela McDowell
Ospreys in
Danger
Pamela McDowell
illustrations by Kasia Charko
ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS
Text copyright © 2014 Pamela McDowell
Illustrations copyright © 2014 Kasia Charko
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
McDowell, Pamela, author
Ospreys in danger / Pamela McDowell ;
illustrated by Kasia Charko.
(Orca echoes)
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4598-0283-4 (pbk.).--ISBN 978-1-4598-0284-1 (pdf).
ISBN 978-1-4598-0285-8 (epub)
1. Osprey--Juvenile fiction. I. Charko, Kasia, 1949-, illustrator
II. Title. III. Series: Orca echoes
PS8625.D785O86 2014 jc813'.6 C2013-906851-1
C2013-906852-X
First published in the United States, 2014
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013955772
Summary: Cricket attempts to reunite baby ospreys with their parents after an electrical pole catches fire and destroys their nest.
Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia
through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
Cover artwork and interior illustrations by Kasia Charko. Author photo by Mirror Image Photography
www.orcabook.com
17 16 15 14 • 4 3 2 1
For Don, who introduced me to the wind, bears,
and red rocks of Waterton many moons ago.
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Epilogue
Chapter One
I love the smell of Mondays.
Cricket McKay tilted her nose up and closed her eyes. Her real name was Jenna, but everybody called her Cricket. It started back when she was five and collected hundreds of crickets on her grandpa’s farm, hoping to start