RACE TO FROZEN NORTH

The Matthew Henson Story

von Catherine Johnson

128 Seiten, Taschenbuch, ab 8 Jahre

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A thrilling fictionalised account of the life of Matthew Henson, the first African American man to travel to the North Pole, from the Carnegie-nominated author Catherine Johnson.Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true adventure. Henson would become navigator, craftsman, translator, and right-hand man on a treacherous journey to the North Pole. Defying the odds and the many prejudices that faced him to become a true pioneer.This is his remarkable and often untold story.Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

• Themen: Kinder, Jugendliche und Bildung Romane, Erzählungen, Tatsachenberichte Wahre Geschichten als Fiktion erzählt
• ISBN: 9781781128404
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2018
• Größe: 198 x 131 mm
• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Empf. Lesealter: ab 8 Jahre
• Illustrationen: Katie Hickey