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6) Gone missing
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From strange disappearances, to legends urban and otherwise, this book presents the fascinating stories of an often unexplainable world.
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National Geographic Kids Almanac volume 2025
Language
English
Description
"Brings you incredible photos, amazing animals, extreme adventures, fascinating facts, and tons of fun!"--
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 18
Language
English
Description
This entry to the Ripley's series provides facts and photos about hair-raising feats, strange creations, astounding animals, bizarre technology, natural wonders, and amazing cultures.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Think you know a lot about Earth's natural wonders? Prepare to know even more about the world's biggest deserts, tallest mountains, and deepest canyons. You'll be surprised by how much you'll discover in this totally terrific book of trivia about natural wonders"--
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English
Description
"Take a tour of seven spooky places, among them the Wicked Woods, a Ghostly Galleon, and the Western Terror-tories. Along the way, avoid booby traps, search for hidden objects, and learn basic map reading skills! A map key, items to look for, and points of interest, such as Dracula's Castle and Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory, are included for each eerie region. Tips for touring (never take the Transylvania tour during a full moon) add to the fun. Kids...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated global success. Ripley spent his life traveling to more...
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English
Description
Readers will be captivated by such true tales as the Alcatraz prison break, where three dangerous convicts engineered a daring escape. Did they live to see freedom, or did they perish in the icy waters surrounding the prison? And will anyone ever know what happened to the captain and crew of the SS Mary Celeste? In 1872, it set out from New York for Genoa, Italy, but everyone on board disappeared for no apparent reason. This irresistible combination...
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English
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"Discover Borneo's Gomantong Cave, where literally millions of bats, cockroaches, spiders, and rats coexist--in pitch darkness. Learn about mythical creatures like the Mongolian Death Worm--and scarily real ones like killer bees, which were accidentally created by scientists in the 1950s. Visit New Orleans's Beauregard-Keyes house, where Civil War soldiers are said to still clash in the front hall. Plus ghost stories from around the world, a cross-cultural...
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English
Description
"Presents a kid's illustrated guide to 100 of the world's wonders, both natural and manmade, in 47 countries and on every continent on Earth. Travel the world through common points of interest, from sacred skeletons (Trunyan Tree cemetery in Indonesia leads you to India's Skeleton Lake, for example) to wild waterfalls (while in Zambia visit the Devil's Swimming Pool--and then move on to Antarctica's Blood Falls) to ice caves to bioluminescence"--
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