https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb Max Doerfler and Will Shepard Hr. 5 en-us 2020-11-04 19:19:56 UTC 2025-11-14 14:46:55 UTC hello@padlet.com mdoerfler24 https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb/wish/891785736 Eliot Schrefer is a New York Times bestselling author, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's in young people's literature. His success is not just from the book Endangered. Eliot Schrefer is also known for books such as The Lost Rainforest, Glamorous Disasters, and Threatened. Here are some interesting facts about him:
1. Eliot traveled down into the Congo to write his book Endangered. It provided him many great details about bonobos and the Congo.
2.Eliot traveled a lot as a young kid and in some the stories he uses where he lived as a setting like Cheshire, Connecticut. He travels to find ideas for a new book.
3. He failed at many literature programs before becoming an author]]> 2020-11-04 20:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb/wish/891785736 mdoerfler24 https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb/wish/892400959 The Democratic Republic of the  Congo or the DRC is a struggling country due to Civil War, but it could be very prosperous because it is rich in many materials. After the overthrow of Motubu in 1997, the country went into Civil War. The war officially ended in 1997, but fighting still continues throughout the country and makes it very dangerous. If the country was handled properly, it would be very rich. It has tons of natural resources like diamonds, cobalt, and copper. The Congo also has one of the largest forest reserve in Africa. Here are some interesting facts you may not have known about the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
1. The DRC has half of the hydroelectric potential in the Continent.
2. Since 1960, 5.4 million people have died to war-related disasters
3. The DRC also has an abundance of gold, tantalum, tungsten, and tin. All are materials needed for electronics. They could be very rich because of this.]]> 2020-11-05 01:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb/wish/892400959 mdoerfler24 https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb/wish/892401444 Fourteen-year-old Sophie is visiting her mom at her sanctuary in the Congo. She rescues a little bonobo named Otto. She takes care for the bonobo. Sophie starts becoming the mother figure for the little creature. The peace does not last long. Civil War rages throughout the country, and Otto and Sophie must survive in the jungle. ]]> 2020-11-05 01:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb/wish/892401444 mdoerfler24 https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb/wish/892403239 Endangered is a great book that won many award. Some of the honors that the book holds is that it was a National Book award finalist, winner of the Green Earth Book Award and an ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Choice. Here are some interesting fats that you may not know about the Novel.
1. The book was a National Book Award Finalist.
2. The novel came out September of 2012.
3. Endangered is followed by the book Threatened ]]> 2020-11-05 01:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mdoerfler24/ljhieez7mzgcodkb/wish/892403239