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4) You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship!: a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
7) You wouldn't want to be a secret agent during World War II!: a perilous mission behind enemy lines
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains what it was like to be a British secret agent working behind enemy lines in France during World War II, describing the training, equipment, and techniques used by spies and the danger they faced during their missions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the realities and risks of attempting to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, from the perspective of a member of a team of British mountaineers in 1952.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy learns from his grandfather what it takes to become a master stonemason and work at the cathedral in Canterbury in the fourteenth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Franklin Watts library ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the skills needed to become a ninja, including practicing with weapons everyday, listening and not asking questions, and keeping identity secret.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the English physicist whose work on the laws of motion and gravity and invention of calculus had great influence on the understanding of the physical nature of the universe.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict explorers Lewis and Clark, outlining their routes, personal experiences, and encounters with the Native Americans.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the story of Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant cook who became known as "Typhoid Mary" when she infected many New Yorkers with the deadly disease.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe how antibiotics were developed and what methods were used to fight infections and disease before antibiotics were available.