Secrets of the Sky Caves – Sandra Athans***
Join mountaineer Pete Athans in his journey to the long-abandoned caves built high into steep cliffs in Nepal. Reaching these "sky caves" safely takes guts, smarts, and luck. And then there's the question of what to do with a two-thousand-year-old human skull... |
How They Croaked – Georgia Bragg***
Over the course of history men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess-especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. How They Croaked relays all the gory details of how nineteen world figures gave up the ghost. |
Horrible Histories – Terry Deary
The bestselling books that tell history like it is – full of awesome upsets and brainless blunders! Children love Horrible Histories because they’ve got ALL the yucky bits and foul facts that other books leave out. So from the angry Aztecs to the brutal Blitz, get ready gasp and groan! |
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers – Steve Sheinkin***
The action begins in October of 1875, when members of Ben Boyd's counterfeiting ring gather in the back room of a smoky Chicago saloon to discuss how to spring their ringleader from prison. Their plan: grab Lincoln's body, stash it away, and demand, as a ransom, the release of Ben Boyd --and $200,000 in cash. |