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Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 660L
Language
English
Description
"In 1910, Sir Robert Falcon Scott led a team of Englishmen racing to be the first people to reach the South Pole. Amidst frigid temperatures and raging winds, Scott and four others made it to the pole only to find that another team had gotten there first.Low on morale and facing ever-plunging temperatures, the trek home would prove a harrowing task. Find out if Scott and his men ever made it back home from their frigid adventure"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to survive the disastrous expedition.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle the clues they left behind.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 530L
Language
English
Description
"In 1881, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely and his crew set sail for the Arctic. Their mission was to collect scientific data on the polar climate. They also had a second, secret goal: to achieve Farthest North, the record for highest latitude reached by explorers. But when resupply ships failed to arrive two years in a row, the team's dreams of glory turned into a nightmarish fight for survival in one of the most remote and harshest regions in...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 610L
Language
English
Description
"English explorer Henry Hudson had long searched for a quicker, northern sailing route from Europe to Asia. Three previous expeditions had failed. In 1610, he embarked again to find the fabled Northwest Passage. But when icy waters stranded Hudson and the Discovery in a bay for the winter, tensions flared. The crew lost faith in their captain's leadership and began to plot...mutiny! Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format, this...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 550L
Language
English
Description
"On May 6, 1996, dozens of excited climbers set off to scale Mount Everest and to reach the tallest point on Earth. On the morning of May 10, the skies were clear. The summit was in sight. But hours later, a terrible storm hit. Eight climbers died as they became trapped near the peak. What went wrong, and how did the survivors manage to make it back alive? Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format, this Deadly Expeditions tale transports...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 580L
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1846, the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took an untested shortcut, it set them down a tragic path. As they crossed the Sierra Nevada, heavy snow fell in the mountain pass. They were trapped. Supplies were already low, and now they faced a winter of starvation. Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format, this Deadly Expeditions tale...
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