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Survival : real tales of endurance in the face of disaster : true stories

McCarthy, Tom 1952- (author.).

Summary: These five tales of real adventure include the story of how Ernest Shackleton and his crew became trapped in the ice of Antarctica.

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  • ISBN: 9781619304765
  • ISBN: 1619304767
  • ISBN: 9781619304802
  • ISBN: 1619304805
  • Physical Description: print
    124 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Nomad Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Chapter 1 Escape From the Ice 5 -- A simple mistake foiled Shackleton's dreams of crossing the continent of Antarctica-then he and his crew had to struggle for their lives -- Chapter 2 Adrift in the Pacific -- Bligh and his crew were thrown off the Bounty and set adrift thousands of miles from ... anywhere -- Chapter 3 Lost in Death Valley 49 -- Crossing the hot desert on foot isn't the best idea, especially when that desert is named Death Valley -- Chapter 4 Two Trials of Mademoiselle Picard 73 -- Escaping a shipwreck is tough enough, but when a long hot walk through the desert is the next tiling on the to-do list, life is pretty bleak -- Chapter 5 A Most Horrible Journey 97 -- Eliza Dormer was just a little girl when the group led by her ambitious father was trapped in the mountains and faced certain death without food in a high, snow-smothered valley.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 9-12.
Guided reading level: V.
890L Lexile
Subject: Disasters Juvenile literature
Survival Juvenile literature

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  • 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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