Dramatic full-color illustrations and fast-paced text provide a "You-are-there" experience!The graphic novel format paired with gripping stories on history's most compelling disasters make these books true pageturners. Each 32 page book includes A table of contents Glossary Bibliography Index A list of Internet sites and additional references where more information about the subject can be found An additional information section also provides key facts for further understanding.Apollo... Read full description

Dramatic full-color illustrations and fast-paced text provide a "You-are-there" experience!

The graphic novel format paired with gripping stories on history's most compelling disasters make these books true pageturners.

Each 32 page book includes

• A table of contents
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index
• A list of Internet sites and additional references where more information about the subject can be found
• An additional information section also provides key facts for further understanding.

Apollo 13 Mission  by Donald B. Lemke

Reading Level: 3-4    Lexile Level: GN 680L     Interest Level: 3-9
Tells the dramatic story of the rescue of the Apollo 13 astronauts. Written in graphic-novel format.

 

 

 

 

Attack On Pearl Harbor, The by Jane Sutcliffe

Reading Level: 3-4    Lexile Level: GN 540L      Interest Level: 3-9
Tells the story of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the United States' reaction to the event. Written in graphic-novel format.

 

 

 

 

 

Challenger Explosion, The by Heather Adamson

Reading Level: 3-4   Lexile Level: GN 610L   Interest Level: 3-9

Tells the story of Christa McAuliffe and the six other NASA astronauts who lost their lives in the Challenger space shuttle disaster on January 28, 1986. Written in graphic-novel format.

 

 

 

 

 

Donner Party, The by Scott R. Welvaert

Reading Level: 3-4    Lexile Level: GN 540L      Interest Level: 3-9

Tells the story of the Donner Party's struggle to reach California despite harsh weather and starvation. Written in graphic novel format.

 

 

 

 

Great Chicago Fire of 1871,The by Kay Melchisedech Olson

Reading Level: 3-4 3-9    Lexile Level: GN 500L      Interest Level: 3-9

Tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, an inferno that forever changed the city's skyline. Written in graphic-novel format.

 

 

 

 

Hindenburg Disaster, The by Matt Doeden

Reading Level: 3-4    Lexile Level: GN 530L     Interest Level: 3-9

Describes the events of the Hindenburg airship disaster. Written in graphic-novel format.

 

 

 

 

 

Shackleton and the Lost Antarctic Expedition by B. A. Hoena

Reading Level: 3-4    Lexile Level: GN 640L      Interest Level: 3-9

Tells the story of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and his failed attempt to cross the coldest and windiest continent on earth. Written in graphic-novel format.

 

 

 

 

 

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, The by Jessica Sarah Gunderson

Reading Level: 3-4    Lexile Level: GN 420L      Interest Level: 3-9

Tells the story of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City on March 25, 1911. Written in graphic-novel format.

 

 

 

 

 

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