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Author
Series
Conqueror volume 5
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the rise of Kublai Khan to take over his grandfather Genghis Khan's empire, as well as China, in a novel that focuses on the brutal competition between Kublai and his three brothers.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the thirteenth-century Chinese emperor which offers a more complete picture of the man than books which treat him as just a supporting player in Marco Polo's adventures.
Author
Lexile measure
1290L
Language
English
Description
Italo Calvino's beloved, intricately crafted novel about an Emperor's travels a brilliant journey across far-off places and distant memory.
"Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else." In a garden sit the aged Kublai Khan and the young Marco Polo Mongol emperor and Venetian traveler. Kublai Khan has...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Cousins Patrick and Beth travel in Mr. Whittaker's invention, the Imagination Station, to thirteenth-century China, where they meet Marco Polo and Kublai Khan and are mistaken for Christian shamans.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The Mongol Empire forever changed the course of history. Driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule, Genghis Khan - mass-murdering barbarian to his enemies, genius and demi-god to his people - united warring clans and forghed an empire that spanned Asia, bringing people, cultures and religiosn together and opening intercontinental trade. Later his grandson, Kublai Khan, fuelled by the belief that heaven had given the world to the Mongols,...
7) Marco Polo
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
This is the absorbing true story of Venetian explorer Marco Polo's arduous trek to the East and beyond. The story follows Marco as he is enlisted to accompany a pair of priests to the court of Kublai Khan, Mongol conqueror of the East.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.
9) Marco? Polo!
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 16
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in a desert in China, and in order to retrieve their magical book from the court of Kublai Khan, they must pose as astrologers and join the caravan of Marco Polo and his father.
13) Marco Polo
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
His personal journey changed the European understanding of the world forever. This is the absorbing true story of Venetian explorer Marco Polo2s arduous trek to the East, and beyond. Literally, it2s the adventure of a lifetime. Sent on a mission to accompany two priests to china with the goal of converting Kublai Khan and his court to Christianity, Marco Polo finds himself left to carry on alone when the priests turn back.
14) The black rose
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A Saxon youth is run out of England during the Crusades, and goes with his loyal retainer to adventures in China where they become intrigued in the court of Kubla Kahn.
Author
Series
Time warp trio volume 16
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in a desert in China, and in order to retrieve their magical book from the court of Kublai Khan, they must pose as astrologers and join the caravan of Marco Polo and his father.
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