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Danger on Crab Island (Neptune Adventures)
Danger on Crab Island - Neptune Adventures Author:Susan Saunders Grade 3-6-These two books in a new series focus on 12-year-old Dana Chapin and her cousin Tyler. Dana's marine-biologist parents run Project Neptune, a mostly volunteer group that rescues sick and stranded sea creatures along the Atlantic coast. The Chapins make their home in the renovated lighthouse where the project is based. In the first titl... more »e, Tyler arrives from Alaska to live with Dana's family while his father is working in Antarctica. The cousins hardly know one another, and they must both adjust to their new living arrangements. It's not long before Dana suspects that Tyler is planning something dangerous. During the exciting adventure that ensues, the cousins finally become friends. In Disaster at Parson's Point, an oil spill threatens not only the sea animals that the Chapins try to protect, but also the livelihood of their commercial-fishermen neighbors. Environmentalists and fishermen find common ground as they work together on the cleanup and rescue effort. The character delineation and plots are above average for series fiction.« less