How To Be A Good CreatureA New York Times bestseller! National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animalsher friendswho have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green. Understanding someone who belongs to another species can be transformative. No one knows this better than author, naturalist, and adventurer Sy Montgomery. To research her books, Sy has

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twenty-five years later

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crying out for retribution and justice

They remain a scientific mystery

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