The Eagle Tree — John Raffensperger

The Eagle Tree provides a blueprint for how children can become active in protecting the environment. This adventure story is about a shy boy from Chicago whose family sends him to live with his grandfather on an island off the coast of Florida. When he overcomes his fear of the out-of-doors and discovers plans to cut down a tree containing an eagle nest, he and his classmate are instrumental in saving a patch of woodland as a nature preserve. Later, when dead fish litter the beach, he protests pollution by sending a letter to the governor with an enclosed dead fish.