title: National Geographic Readers: Sea Turtles
author: Laura Marsh
description: LAURA MARSH is a long time contributor to National Geographic Children Books.She has written a large number of books in National Geographic Readers seriesand also in Mama Mirabelle and Toot and Puddle series.
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  Contents
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter ree
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter irteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Postscript
  Acknowledgments
  Readers Club Guide
  About Amy Hill Hearth
  
  For Blair, my husband and true companion
  
  One
  My name is Dora Witherspoon but most folks know me as the Turtle
  Lady. A long time ago, I rescued a snapping turtle the size of a truck tire
  from the middle of Highway 41, a move deemed so foolish it became local
  legend. I can’t say I’m partial to it, but here in the South, nicknames stick
  like bottomland mud.
  I’d like to tell you a st