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1) Explorer
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English
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Brief history of famous explorers from ancient times to the present
2) Explorers
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English
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Provides an overview of explorers and exploration, from the earliest known travel to modern-day investigations of mountain peaks and ocean depths.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Extreme scientists battle some of the Earth's most intense conditions, from hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When William Beebe was born in 1877, scientists had only begun to explore the natural world, a world that fascinated Beebe even as a child. He studied migratory birds, rain forest canopies, and ocean depths. Beebe was a pioneer of ecology, observing wildlife in their natural habitats.
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Explorer Academy volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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On an island nation in the Indian Ocean, the explorers venture through a vast underwater world and take part in a friendly robotics competition. But the tides of good fortune change quickly. Suddenly, Team Cousteau jumps into action to rescue a faculty member from the brink of death. Meanwhile, the team follows the Cruz's mother's clues to a magnificent tomb and center of spirituality precariously perched on the side of a cliff. There, Cruz is confronted...
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Hand-selected by Alastair Humphreys, read about the incredible journeys undertaken by twenty of the most heroic and impressive explorers who ever lived, including Ibn Battuta (14th-century explorer); Apsley Cherry-Garrard (a member of Scott's Antarctic expedition); Michael Collins (Apollo Moon mission astronaut) and Nellie Bly (who travelled round the world in less than 80 days). A wide-spread selection of explorers from young to old, male to female...
14) The Winter Pony
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
Description
In the forests of Siberia, in the first years of the 20th century, a white pony runs free with his herd. But his life changes forever when he's captured by men. Years of hard work and cruelty wear him out. When he's chosen to be one of 20 ponies to accompany the Englishman Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to become the first to reach the South Pole, he doesn't know what to expect. But the men of Scott's expedition show him kindness, something he's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Get ready for mischievous monkeys, moving islands, and a splashy adventure with illustrations on almost every page. When Oliver's explorer parents go missing, he sets sail to find them with some new friends. There is a grumpy albatross, a nearsighted mermaid . . . even a living island, but the high seas are more exciting and strange than Oliver could have imagined. Can he and his crew spar with sarcastic seaweed, outrun an army of sea monkeys, win...
20) Marco Polo
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English
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Recounts the adventures of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who travelled in Asia and lived at the court of Kublai Khan.
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