Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416949008 (reinforced)
- ISBN: 1416949003 (reinforced)
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Physical Description:
ix, 117 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Downtown Bookworks book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1: How old was the "new world"? -- Cities in the desert -- Genetic engineering -- From Olmec to Maya -- To the land of four quarters -- 2: Why did Europe succeed? -- The great meeting -- Long, long ago -- Extinction -- Disease-free paradise? -- 3: Were the Americas really a wilderness? -- Amazonia -- Land of fire -- The created wilderness. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 8 up. Middle School. 1080 Lexile. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader 8.1. |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010 |
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Genre: | Juvenile works. History. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | J 970.01 MAN (Text) | 000115755 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |