True Stories of Escape: Usborne True Stories
Title | True Stories of Escape: Usborne True Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Dowswell |
Publisher | Usborne Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 101 |
Release | 2012-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1409555232 |
Eight thrilling true stories of daring escapes. Contains tales of breakouts from infamous institutions such as Alcatraz and Devil's Island, and the risks the prisoners faced afterwards, including savage dogs, armed guards and shark-infested waters. Gripping and engaging for readers who prefer real life to fiction.
Escape
Title | Escape PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Dowswell |
Publisher | Usborne Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780794519827 |
A collection of thrilling adventure stories, based on actual life events, this book is ideal for reluctant readers.
True Escape Stories
Title | True Escape Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Dowswell |
Publisher | Usborne |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2004-06-01 |
Genre | Escapes |
ISBN | 9781580866804 |
This is a collection of true stories of men who risked their lives for their freedom.
Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet
Title | Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Sullivan |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 108 |
Release | 2021-03-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0062991531 |
An ALA Top Ten Best Graphic Novel for Children A thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the U.S. CASE NO. 001: NORJAK NOVEMBER 24, 1971 PORTLAND, OREGON 2:00 P.M. A man in his mid-forties, wearing a suit and overcoat, buys a ticket for Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 bound for Seattle. 3:07 P.M. The man presents his demands: $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. If the demands are not met, he threatens to detonate the explosive device in his briefcase. So begins the astonishing true story of the man known as D.B. Cooper, and the only unsolved airplane hijacking case in the United States. Comic panels, reproductions of documents from real FBI files, and photos from the investigation combine for a thrilling read for sleuths of all ages. What better way to draw readers into nonfiction than through an exciting graphic novel? This series will appeal to readers of series such as Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales. Fans of history and whodunits, CSI-club kids, and graphic novel enthusiasts alike will be pulled in by the suspenseful, complex, and kid-appropriate cases in this series. Sidebars provide fun facts about pre-2001 air travel, serial numbers on currency, airplane design, and more. Backmatter showcases period photos and primary source material in FBI archives.
I Am Dodo
Title | I Am Dodo PDF eBook |
Author | Kae Nishimura |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780618336142 |
When a professor who believes that the dodo is not yet extinct finally finds one in New York City, he does everything he can think of to capture the bird until he learns why Dodo should be free.
True Stories of Survival: Usborne True Stories
Title | True Stories of Survival: Usborne True Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Dowswell |
Publisher | Usborne Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 109 |
Release | 2013-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 140956911X |
From shark attacks and blazing airships to exploding spacecraft and sinking submarines, find out what made the difference between life and death in these ten thrilling stories of survival. Gripping and engaging for readers who prefer real life to fiction.
The Book of Stolen Dreams
Title | The Book of Stolen Dreams PDF eBook |
Author | David Farr |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2023-05-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1665922591 |
An exhilarating, wondrous middle grade debut about a brother and sister on a quest that “swoops from thrilling to terrifying to heartwarming and back again” (BookPage) to defeat a tyrannical ruler and protect a magical book. “[W]ill appeal to readers of Kelly Barnhill and Lemony Snicket” (Publishers Weekly). Rachel and Robert live a gray, dreary life under the rule of cruel and calculating Charles Malstain. That is, until one night, when their librarian father enlists their help to steal a forbidden book. Before their father is captured, Rachel and Robert are given one mission: find the missing final page. But to uncover the secrets of The Book of Stolen Dreams, the siblings must face darkness and combat many evils to be rewarded with the astonishing, magical truth about the book. Nevertheless, they resolve to do everything in their power to stop it from falling into Charles Malstain’s hands. For if it does, he could rule their world forever.