Author(s): Linda Barr
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 92
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc.
Language: English
Date Published: 2012-09-01
Dimensions: 124.46 x 190.5 x 7.62mm
Publication City/Country: United States
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Illustrations: Maps; Illustrations, black and white

Themes: Hi-Lo, headlines, nonfiction, disasters, world events. Discover the astonishing true stories--that will make readers laugh, cry, and gasp--behind the headlines: Fugitive Slave Recaptured, Adolf Eichmann, Prisoners in Alcatraz, DC Snipers, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, and more. This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting softcover books offer short chapters on high-interest headlines. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading.