School Library Jour­nal starred review:
“Being raised in then strict­ly seg­re­gat­ed Colum­bia, SC, couldn’t keep a smart young African-Amer­i­can man out of col­lege, even pres­ti­gious Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty … Turner’s lucid text and Comins’s clear col­or pho­tos fol­low Hayes’s devel­op­ing career to his present respect­ed place as a gift­ed mem­ber of the sci­en­tif­ic com­mu­ni­ty. Research­ing the effects of atrazine-con­t­a­m­i­nat­ed water on vul­ner­a­ble amphib­ians, he is sur­round­ed by the ‘Frog Squad,’ a group of enthu­si­as­tic stu­dents pounc­ing on frogs in ponds or col­lect­ing care­ful data in the lab. Grin­ning from pierced ear to pierced ear (and that is a sto­ry in itself), the genial sci­en­tist nur­tures his assis­tants, encour­ag­ing their enthu­si­asms while demand­ing seri­ous work … this new addi­tion to a stel­lar series opens an upbeat win­dow to the adult appli­ca­tion of youth­ful enthusiasms.”