A Race Around the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Race Around the World write by Caroline Starr Rose. This book was released on 2019-10-01. A Race Around the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Best Picture Books of 2019, The Christian Science Monitor A Mighty Girl's 2019 Books of the Year Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Picture Books of 2020 The true story of two women who raced against time—and each other! In 1889, New York reporter Nellie Bly—inspired by Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days—began a circumnavigation she hoped to complete in less time. Her trip was sponsored by her employer, The World. Just hours after her ship set out across the Atlantic, another New York publication put writer Elizabeth Bisland on a westbound train. Bisland was headed around the world in the opposite direction, thinking she could beat Bly's time. Only one woman could win the race, but both completed their journeys in record time.
Race Around The World! (LEGO DC Super Heroes: 8x8)
Race Around The World! (LEGO DC Super Heroes: 8x8) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Race Around The World! (LEGO DC Super Heroes: 8x8) write by Trey King. This book was released on 2016-01-26. Race Around The World! (LEGO DC Super Heroes: 8x8) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An all-new, hilarious and action-packed story perfect for LEGO® DC Super Heroes fans of any age! Superman and The Flash can't decide who is faster. So they decide to have a race across the world! But will a bunch of super-villains and their dastardly deeds get in the way of finding out who is the Fastest Man Alive? Featuring Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and more!
Race Around the World
Race Around the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Race Around the World write by Susan Amerikaner. This book was released on 2011. Race Around the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lightning McQueen, the race car from Cars 2 movie, will race against cars in Japan and Italy.
Liz and Nellie
Liz and Nellie - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Liz and Nellie write by Shonna Slayton. This book was released on 2016-04-04. Liz and Nellie available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Victorian Race Around the World: Two women reporters try to beat Jules Verne's record. New York City, November 14, 1889. Young newspaper reporter Nellie Bly sets sail on the Augusta Victoria for a trip around the world. She plans to beat Jules Verne's fictional record from the novel Around the World in Eighty Days. She thinks she can circumnavigate the globe in under seventy-five days, and prove that a woman can do what no man has even tried. Hours later, and unbeknownst to Nellie, another writer, Elizabeth Bisland boards a train going in the opposite direction attempting to beat Nellie back to New York. Elizabeth is a reluctant player in this high-stakes publicity stunt, but financial needs outweigh her pride. Neither woman is prepared for what will happen on this trip, or how the race will change her. This fascinating novel covers these historical topics and more: - early women reporters - travel during Victorian times - includes Nellie Bly's visit with Jules Verne, himself
The Race Around the World (Totally True Adventures)
The Race Around the World (Totally True Adventures) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Race Around the World (Totally True Adventures) write by Nancy Castaldo. This book was released on 2015-08-04. The Race Around the World (Totally True Adventures) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Does Nellie Bly have what it takes to race around the world? Travel to all corners of the globe in this action-packed Totally True Adventure. When Nellie Bly read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, she had an amazing idea. What if she traveled around the world in real life, and did it in less than eighty days? In 1889, people doubted it could be done—especially by a woman. But with one small bag and a sturdy coat, Nellie set out anyway. Soon the whole world was rooting for her. Could she make it back home in time? This nonfiction chapter book makes history exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, Common Core connections, and additional Story Behind the Story facts. Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was . . . ? series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.
