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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–6—Highly relevant and informative, this book offers a valuable account of the events leading up to, causing, and resulting in what may be America's worst environmental disaster. Clear graphics illustrate the mechanics of deep-water offshore drilling, the serious problems with the blowout preventer, and the many failed attempts to stop the oil from spewing into the gulf. The massive cleanup effort, effects on habitats and wildli...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Landau provides a blow-by-blow report of the 2010 environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, from the initial explosion on the BP Deepwa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More