Description
Ten exciting stories feature famous explorers and their dangerous jungle adventures. Stories include: Gonzalo Pizarro's search for the city of El Dorado, Mary Kingsley's fall into a pit of stakes, Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z, Henry Walter Bates' adventure in the Amazon, and Captain Barth Blake's search for Inca gold in the Amazon. Simple maps and feature boxes add additional details and help readers better understand the time period in which the explorations took place.
Details
Author: |
West, David |
Publisher: |
Crabtree Classics |
Language: |
English |
Copyright: |
2015 |
Number of Pages: |
24 |
Dewey: |
910.915 |
Dewey Range: |
900s |
Binding Type: |
Paperback |
Interest Age: |
10 |
Accelerated Reader Interest Level: |
Middle Grade |
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: |
6.4 |
Accelerated Reader Point Value: |
1 |
Guided Reading Level: |
R |
Guided Reading Interest Age: |
Grade 4 |
Lexile Level: |
1040 |
Lexile Range: |
Fluent Reader (1000 - 1299) |
