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Eve Aldridge

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Pamela S. Turner

Before becoming a writer, Pam Turner was a legislative assistant for foreign affairs for a California congressman, and later worked as an international health consultant. She and her husband, whom she met while studying abroad in Kenya, have lived all over the world, and have three children each born in a different country. Upon returning to the United States, Pamela decided to finally follow her childhood dream of becoming a children’s writer. Her first book, Hachiko (Houghton Mifflin), won the SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Award for Picture Book Text and the BCCB Blue Ribbon Picture Book Award. Pam is also the author of The Frog Scientist, The Dolphins of Shark Bay, Crow Smarts (all in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Scientist in the Field series), and more. Pam lives in Oakland, California.

Her newest book is Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune. This riveting biography is a great introduction for early teens to the life of one of the greatest warriors. It is an epic tale of warriors and bravery, rebellion and revenge, reads like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history.

When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family—and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his brothers sent away. Yoshitsune was raised in his enemy’s household until he was sent away to live in a monastery. He grew up skinny and small. Not the warrior type. But he did inherit his family pride and when the time came for the Minamoto to rise up against their enemy once again, Yoshitsune was there. His daring feats, such as storming a fortress by riding on horseback down the side of a cliff and his glorious victory at sea, secured Yoshitsune’s place in history and his story is still being told centuries later.

 

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Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune Cover Image

Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune (Hardcover)

By Pamela S. Turner, Gareth Hinds (Illustrator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781580895842
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Charlesbridge Publishing - February 2nd, 2016

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Project Seahorse (Scientists in the Field) (Paperback)

By Pamela S. Turner, Scott Tuason (Illustrator)
$10.99
ISBN: 9780544225800
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Houghton Mifflin - June 23rd, 2015

The Dolphins of Shark Bay (Scientists in the Field) Cover Image

The Dolphins of Shark Bay (Scientists in the Field) (Hardcover)

By Pamela S. Turner
$20.89
ISBN: 9780547716381
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Harcourt Brace and Company - November 5th, 2013

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The Frog Scientist (Scientists in the Field) (Paperback)

By Andy Comins (Illustrator), Pamela S. Turner
$9.99
ISBN: 9780547576985
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Houghton Mifflin - September 13th, 2011

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Prowling the Seas: Exploring the Hidden World of Ocean Predators (Hardcover)

By Pamela S. Turner
$17.99
ISBN: 9780802797483
Availability: Hard to Find
Published: Walker & Company - October 27th, 2009

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Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog (Paperback)

By Pamela S. Turner, Yan Nascimbene (Illustrator)
$6.99
ISBN: 9780547237558
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Houghton Mifflin - April 1st, 2009

A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts Cover Image

A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts (Hardcover)

By Pamela S. Turner
$21.95
ISBN: 9780374345785
Availability: Hard to Find
Published: Farrar Straus Giroux - October 28th, 2008

Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes (Scientists in the Field) Cover Image

Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes (Scientists in the Field) (Paperback)

By Pamela S. Turner
$10.99
ISBN: 9780547014333
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Houghton Mifflin - August 6th, 2008

Life on Earth - And Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest Cover Image

Life on Earth - And Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest (Hardcover)

By Pamela S. Turner
$21.95
ISBN: 9781580891332
Availability: Special Order
Published: Charlesbridge Publishing - February 1st, 2008

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