Emiliana Fuger’s love for sea turtles began after her parents took her to a sea turtle nest excavation site.
The fourth grader at Western Academy Charter School in Wellington has now used that curiosity to become a published author and sea turtle advocate.
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Meet the Wellington 9-year-old author inspiring kids to love sea turtles
The idea for a book began while she was working on her science fair project; she wanted to study the internal anatomy of sea turtles, but during her research, she quickly learned there weren’t any children’s books to help…