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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
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English
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""Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about exploring Antarctica. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1080L
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English
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Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers. Adventure, fame, and scientific discovery have all driven humans to forge into the unknown. This title examines the exploration of space. Easy-to-read, engaging text sends readers across the solar system, examines the explorers who journeyed into Earth's orbit and beyond, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible. Well-placed sidebars,...
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Lexile measure
1000L
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English
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Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers. Adventure, fame, and scientific discovery have all driven humans to forge into the unknown. This title examines the exploration of polar regions. Easy-to-read, engaging text takes readers to the Arctic and Antarctic, examines the explorers who journeyed to these frigid areas, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible. Well-placed sidebars,...
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Lexile measure
1210L
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English
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Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers. Adventure, fame, and scientific discovery have all driven humans to forge into the unknown. This title examines the exploration of deserts. Easy-to-read, engaging text takes readers to the Sahara and beyond, examines the explorers who journeyed to these vast, arid landscapes, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible. Well-placed sidebars,...
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Lexile measure
1210L
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English
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Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers. Adventure, fame, and scientific discovery have all driven humans to forge into the unknown. This title examines exploration under the sea. Easy-to-read, engaging text takes readers to deep ocean trenches, examines the explorers who journeyed to these strange, fascinating areas, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible. Well-placed...
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Lexile measure
1110L
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English
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Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers. Adventure, fame, and scientific discovery have all driven humans to forge into the unknown. This title examines the exploration of mountains. Easy-to-read, engaging text takes readers to Everest and other world-famous mountains, examines the explorers who journeyed to Earth's highest peaks, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible....
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"One hundred years ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton embarked on the legendary Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917), accomplishing one of history's most remarkable feats of endurance, even though his crew failed in their mission to cross Antarctica...Less well known, however, is the incredible but often forgotten tale of the Mount Hope party (also known as the Ross Sea party)--six men who worked in the shadow of Shackleton's great cause."
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Author Stephen Harrigan spent months diving on the coral reefs of Grand Turk Island in the Caribbean. In this evocative account, he describes his many explorations, both personal and natural. Though he is there to learn about the history of the coral reef, Harrigan freely admits that his true motivation is to become, at least for a time, his "underwater self.”
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"Ranking alongside Ranulph Fiennes and Chris Bonnington in the pantheon of British explorers, David Hempleman-Adams is the first person in history to achieve what is termed the Adventurers' Grand Slam, by reaching the Geographic and Magnetic North and South Poles as well as climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents. But this feat is merely tip of the iceberg. Having reaching the summit of Everest on the more difficult north side and flown...
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April 2009 is the one-hundredth anniversary of perhaps the greatest controversy in the history of exploration. Did U.S. Naval Commander Robert Peary and his team dogsled to the North Pole in thirty-seven days in 1909? Or, as has been challenged, was this speed impossible, and was he a cheat? In 2005, polar explorer Tom Avery and his team set out to recreate this 100-year-old journey, using the same equipment as Peary, to prove that Peary had indeed...
11) The space race
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
390L
Language
English
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"Zip and Zog are in a race through space! Zip has a speedy rocket, but Zog has a powerful ship. Readers will be racing to see who comes out ahead in this fun tale"--
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As you ride down the intergalactic bike path, you come to a crossroads. Which path will you take? Your choice could determine your future, or the future of all humanity, forever. These twelve stories explore a variety of intersections set in distant, outlandish, or disturbingly realistic futures and dimensions-all involving bicycles and the breaking of gender stereotypes. A bicycle race spans a rift between worlds. A teenager learns a valuable lesson...
13) The Human Race
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English
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Who was the first, who is the fastest and who is the best? This book celebrates humans' quest to race to the top!
Split into five chapters, the book explores humans' physical abilities, geographical discoveries, engineering achievements and scientific and technological breakthroughs. Find out who is the fastest human being on Earth, discover the story behind the race to the source of Nile and marvel at how human beings have conquered the skies, always...
14) Treasure Hunting
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Kick excitement into high gear with this extreme title! Short, easy-to-read text pairs with full-color, action-packed photos to introduce young adventurers to treasure hunting. Readers will learn about the tools and equipment used in hunting treasure, as well as dangers and safety tips. They are introduced to different types of treasure, such as coins, jewelry, silver bars, gold, glass and bottles, and artifacts. Common places to find treasure are...
15) Ghost Hunting
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Kick excitement into high gear with this extreme title! Short, easy-to-read text pairs with full-color, action-packed photos to introduce young adventurers to ghost hunting. Readers will learn about the tools and equipment used in hunting ghosts, as well as dangers and safety tips. They are introduced to famous haunted houses and hotels, including the Winchester Mystery House in California and the Stanley Hotel in Colorado. Haunted hospitals, battlegrounds,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kick excitement into high gear with this extreme title! Short, easy-to-read text pairs with full-color, action-packed photos to introduce young adventurers to the sport of polar exploration. Readers will learn about the tools and equipment used in exploring the North and South Poles, as well as dangers and safety tips. They are introduced to transportation methods and conditions at each pole, including animal life and ice formations. Extreme facts...
17) Exploring caves
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Throughout history, people have always explored new frontiers. Adventure, fame, and scientific discovery have all driven humans to forge into the unknown. This title examines the exploration of caves. Easy-to-read, engaging text takes readers into the world's deepest caves, examines the explorers who journeyed to these dark, dangerous chambers, and traces the development of the technology and techniques that made this exploration possible. Well-placed...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth! In this title, engaging text introduces the dangers of scaling Everest as well as how explorers prepare for the journey. Special features highlight the peak's place in the world, profile a famous explorer, and explore the danger posed by the journey. Readers' skills will climb as they journey through this thrilling book about climbing to the top of the world!" --
19) Storm Chasing
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Kick excitement into high gear with this extreme title! Short, easy-to-read text pairs with full-color, action-packed photos to introduce young adventurers to storm chasing. Readers will learn about the tools and equipment used in chasing storms, as well as dangers and safety tips. They are introduced to tornadoes, waterspouts, hurricanes, and thunderstorms and what chasing each one entails. Extreme facts supplement the text, leaving aspiring storm...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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In 1953, as two men summit Mount Everest for the first time, Charlie Houston and a team of mountaineers carve a path up the second highest peak on Earth: the deadly K2. For Houston, reaching the top of K2 is a lifelong dream, an obsession that began 15 years earlier on his first expedition there. Now, Houston's team follows their tracks, stumbling on camps abandoned during the bitter tragedy. With the summit in their grasp, a vicious storm and a sudden...
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