Danny used of our meeting was to figure out what we were going to focus on for our summer project Emily read a list of options We could help monitor air pollution collect and index fungi track the spread of invasive plants Nothing really jumped out at me until she said something about leatherback sea turtles We would see sea turtles all the time back home in Puerto Rico but I didn't know they were in North Carolina too Sea turtles What about sea turtles I couldn't help myself I don't usually speak up like that especially around people I don't know But
that's the project I wanted to do It reminded me of home Puerto Rico Emily smiled Well it looks like there are a couple things we could do with sea turtles mostly having to do with observing them or tracking them She trailed off while she continued to read to herself Guys I like this idea What if we did our project on sea turtles Everyone murmured their agreement So we're doing our project on sea turtles We still have to find a mentor for our club someone who knows a lot about sea turtles or marine life and can help guide us The old mentor Mr O Leary was a geologist He told us to start looking for someone
But at least we have our project figured out I am SO
The Day the Kaiju Came Last night I was sitting on the porch outside our house when a huge dark shape crawled from the water The shadow dragged itself up the beach I sat up straight My heart pounded out of my chest It was a sea turtle A huge black one Her shell was longer than I am tall The turtle had a lot of trouble moving up the sand That's when I saw fishing line tangled around her right front flipper pinning it to her body She could hardly walk We had to help her I jumped off the porch and yelled for my brother to come quick Hector came running sand flying behind him In the light of the moon the turtle looked like a
