Night of the spadefoot toads

By Bill Harley

Subjects: Ecology, fiction, Moving, household, fiction, Teacher-student relationships, fiction, Environmental protection, fiction, Household Moving, Moving, Massachusetts, fiction, Vernal pool ecology, Schools, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Environmental protection, Eastern spadefoot, School stories, Juvenile fiction, Moving, Household, Conservation, Boston Authors Club, Schools, Habitat, Teacher-student relationships

Description: When his family moves from Tucson, Arizona to Massachusetts, fifth-grader Ben has a hard time leaving the desert he loves, but when he finds a kindred spirit in his science teacher and ends up trying to help her with some of her problems, he finally begins to feel at home.