The Cormorant in My Bathtub

 By Brooke Rogers, Grade 7, Charles Wright Academy, WA
From a bird that wouldn't die, a lesson in courage.
Genre  Short Story   Topic  Courage, Pollution, Animals, Sea, Nature

Rescuing a cormorant from an oil spill, a recently orphaned girl comes back to life herself.

ID 30137   Published in Merlyn's Pen Volume 3, Issue 4  
Selected as an Editor's Choice

Featured on this site in:

Down to the Sea with Paper & Pen: STORY COLLECTION

Also appears in these Merlyn's Pen publications:

Getting There: Seventh Grade Writers on Life, School, and the Universe, Something like a Hero: Stories of Daring and Decision

Has been reprinted and/or translated in these countries:

China, Denmark, Holland, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan

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