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100 1 Cummings, Judy Dodge,|eauthor.
245 10 Great Escapes :|bReal Tales of Harrowing Getaways /|cJudy
Dodge Cummings.
264 1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bNomad Press /
Bookmasters,|c[2017]
264 4 |c©2017
300 1 online resource (128 pages).
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338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
490 1 Mystery & mayhem
506 Access limited to subscribing institutions.
520 Sometimes, an intolerable situation calls for a drastic
measurefleeing for freedom. Whether you're a slave seeking
freedom in the North or a convict swimming for your life
in a shark-infested canal, the urge to be free drives your
every move. In Great Escapes: Real Tales of Harrowing
Getaways, readers ages 9 to 12 meet five ingenious
fugitives and freedom seekers who all shared one common
goal: escape. The human spirit craves freedom, and when
liberty is taken away, people go to great lengths to get
it back. Great Escapes: Real Tales of Harrowing Getaways
tells the histories of five ingenious departures,
including the one perpetuated by William and Ellen Craft,
who donned disguises and made a 1,000-mile run for
freedom. Another man, Douglas Mawson, battled a power
greater than any human villain, when in 1913, Mother
Nature trapped Mawson in her icy Antarctic jaws. Alone and
dangling over a bottomless crevasse by a fraying rope, the
only escape tools Mawson had were his strength and
determination. In 1943, Nazi guards packed hundreds of
Belgian Jews into train cars and headed for the
concentration camp at Auschwitz. Twelve-year-old Simon
Gronowski was among these deportees, and he was determined
to find a way off the moving train before it reached its
ghastly destination. Alcatraz was a rocky fortress
designed to hold federal prisoners until the end of their
sentence or death, whichever came first. Prison officials
claimed the Rock was inescapable. But in 1962, three
inmates vanished, never to be seen again. No less amazing
is the escape of 57 East Germans from communist-controlled
East Germany during the Cold War, through a tunnel under
the Berlin Wall. History is ripe with examples of people
desperate to escape the traps in which they are snared.
Get an up-close look at the guts, skill, determination,
and luck of remarkable escape artists in Great Escapes:
Real Stories of Harrowing Getaways. This is the sixth book
in a series called Mystery & Mayhem, which features true
tales that whet kids' appetites for history by engaging
them in genres with proven track recordsmystery and
adventure. History is made of near misses, unexplained
disappearances, unsolved mysteries, and bizarre events
that are almost too weird to be truealmost! The Mystery
and Mayhem series delves into these tidbits of history to
provide kids with a jumping off point into a lifelong
habit of appreciating history. Each of the five true tales
told within Great Escapes are paired with further fun
facts about the setting, industry, and time period. A
glossary and resources page provide the opportunity to
practice using essential academic tools. These nonfiction
narratives use clear, concise language with compelling
plots that both avid and reluctant readers will be drawn
to.
588 0 Print version record.
650 0 Prisoners|xHistory|vJuvenile literature.
650 0 Adventure and adventurers|xHistory|vJuvenile literature.
650 0 Escapes|vJuvenile literature.
650 7 JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography /
Historical.|2bisacsh
655 0 Electronic books.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aCummings, Judy Dodge.|tGreat escapes.
|dWhite River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, a division of
Nomad Communications, [2017]|z9781619306127 :
|w(OCoLC)978287433
830 0 Mystery & mayhem.
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