# Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius

**Author:** Lynne Cox
**Grade range:** Grades 2–5
**Age range:** 7–11
**First published:** 2023
**Page count:** 22
**Genre:** Children's Nonfiction Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9780593425701`
**ISBN-10:** `0593425707`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/yoshi-sea-turtle-genius
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

The true story of Yoshi, a loggerhead sea turtle who lived in an aquarium for sixteen years — then, once released off the coast of Africa, swam thousands of miles across the ocean back toward the waters where she was born. Long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox tells a real tale of instinct and homing. A recent winner of the Garden State Children's Book Award (grades 2-5), the New Jersey Library Association's statewide children's-choice award — children across NJ read the nominees and vote for their favorites.

## Themes

- animals
- ocean
- true story
- perseverance

## Where this book is assigned

### Garden State Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 2nd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)

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