Totally true adventures
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This Totally True Adventures book follows America's first superstar pilot, Charles Lindbergh. In the 1920s, flying was brand new--and very dangerous. A $25,000 prize for the first flight from New York to Paris went unclaimed for years. Many teams tried. And many teams failed. Still, Charles Lindbergh felt he had a shot at the prize. He wasn't famous. He wasn't rich. But he was determined. He'd cross the ocean in a tiny plane, and he'd do it all by...
5)
Apollo 13
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Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Describes the attempts to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, including the journey made by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, highlighting how they used teamwork to make it to the top.
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Nellie Bly read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, she had an amazing idea. What if she traveled around the world in real life, and did it in less than eighty days? In 1889, people doubted it could be done -- especially by a woman. But with one small bag and a sturdy coat, Nellie set out anyway. Soon the whole world was rooting for her. Could she make it back home in time?
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George Washington's spies
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