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Jatravious Jackson Title: A Symphony of Whales Author: Steve Schuch Illustrator: Wendell Minor Genre: Fiction

A Symphony of Whales The Story BookBowhead Whale

A Symphony of Whales Steve Schuch

Genre Fiction written stories about people and events that are not real : literature that tells stories which are imagined by the writer something that is not true

Character A Symphony of Whales Glashka Narna Parents Beluga Whales Russian icebreaker “Moskva” Grandparents

Favorite Character A Symphony of Whales Glashka She is my favorite character because she show so much concern for the animals.

Setting A Symphony of Whales Somewhere in Alaska

Problem A Symphony of Whales The whales are trapped and if the water freezes they will die.

Solution A Symphony of Whales The people took turns breaking the ice and they also fed the whales.

Bowhead Whales (Balaena Mysticetus)

Fun Facts About Bowhead Whales their blubber is more than a foot thick, and their baleen—plates in the mouth that filter prey from water—can grow 15 feet long. whale eyeballs the size of billiard balls revealed ages up to an estimated 211 years. the oldest bowhead studied could have been up to 245 years old.