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Author
Series
Dungeoneer adventures volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Coop Cooperson continues his adventures at the Dungeoneer Academy where he is the only human student at a school for future explorers
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amid assignments that take the Explorer Academy recruits from the iceberg-filled waters of Antarctica to the bone-dry deserts of Argentina, Cruz Coronado is scrambling to complete the last piece of the cipher. With Nebula agents and the elusive explorer spy still out there, his opportunity to recover his mother's world-changing formula is slipping away. But as Cruz has learned from his time aboard Orion, true explorers must never give up. Even after...
44) Strange world
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Strange World" introduces a legendary family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures
45) Columbus Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces Columbus Day, explaining the historical events behind it, how it became a holiday, and how it is observed
46) Marco Polo
Author
Series
Publisher
World Almanac Libray
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of the Venetian explorer and the book based on his thirteenth-century travels along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Emmy and Birch and their tame wolf Byte are new to the world of Minecraft but always ready to explore. This time, Birch wants to go flying more than anything. Emmy has an idea for getting the right materials but it is going to be an incredible journey
49) The explorer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines
Author
Series
Not-so-impossible tales volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Oliver's explorer parents go missing, he sets sail on the rescue mission with some new, unexpected friends"--
Author
Language
English
Description
After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century": what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Geronimo, broken-hearted after a failed romance, sets out with his family to explore the Eighth Wonder of the Mouse World
Author
Series
Billy Johnson and his duck volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Billy dreams of being a great explorer like his parents, but when he and his friend Barrace, a duck and college linguistics professor, undertake four adventures, they discover little but trouble
56) The star dunes
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cruz and his fellow recruits tackle challenging missions to dispense life-saving medication to gorillas, thwart pangolin poachers, and capture images of the last known cheetahs in Namibia--all the while discovering that protecting the world's threatened species is a dangerous business. Things turn deadly for Lani, Sailor, Emmett, and Cruz as they search for the fourth piece of Cruz's mom's cipher. Cruz knows it's not going to be easy, but will an...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the early 1500s, Ponce de Leon was one of the most important Spanish military figures in the Caribbean. He made his first voyage across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus and then, after years of battle with the native Taino, became the first governor of Puerto Rico. Although the story of his search for the Fountain of Youth is entirely fictional, his noteworthy expedition to - and naming of - Florida is one of his greatest legacies"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? Wrong! Columbus never actually set foot in what is now the United States. His voyages took him to islands in the Caribbean and along the coast of South America. The truth is, when Columbus first arrived, Indigenous peoples, including the Taino, had been living there for thousands of years, raising their families, running their societies, and trading with their neighbors....
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