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Do you dream of belting out a chart-topping single on stage in
front of thousands of people? Even with talent and determination,
it's a long, winding journey to the top. Chart your path to
stardom, facing real-life choices as you go. Some choices may lead
to centre stage, while others lead to disappointment or redirection
into another career field.
Youre lost amid dangerous, unseen predators after your plane
crashes in the Amazon jungle. By parachuting out of the plane, you
landed safely, but youre all alone with little food and water. Do
you, Take off in search of rescue? Build a camp and try to signal
rescuers? Head toward where you believe the downed plane and your
pilot may have landed? Experience the life or death dilemmas of
being lost in the jungle. YOU CHOOSE what youll do next. The
choices you make will either lead you to safety or to doom.
Europeans came to the American colonies in the 1600s and 1700s in
search of a better life. They worked hard and built farms, homes,
and towns. But they were still under Great Britain s rule. Many
wanted to make their own laws, but that meant going to war against
a rich and powerful country. Will you: Travel to Virginia as an
indentured servant? Choose between careers as a sailor or a soldier
in Massachusetts? Decide which side you ll take as the country
marches closer to revolution?"
Viking warriors sailed their famous wooden ships throughout the
world, leaving fear and destruction in their wake. Will you: Take
part in the raid on Lindisfarne monastery? Invade England with the
great Viking leader Halfdan Ragnarsson? Fight at the side of King
Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
It s the 1950s and 1960s, and the United States and Soviet Union
are in a race to be the first to reach the moon. Will you:
Participate in the space race as a young scientist working on early
rocket technology?Experience the space race as a reporter following
space firsts in both the Soviet Union and the United States? Work
as a member of Mission Control during the 1969 moon landing?
Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE
what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to
opportunity, to glory, to shattered dreams, or even to death."
Explores the history and culture of the Inca Civilization.
Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a "Contributions"
special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this
great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments that
made it unique.
Hattie Jacobs has a secret dream: to go to school to become a
teacher. But her parents were formerly enslaved and are struggling
to survive in Nashville, Tennessee, after Reconstruction. When the
Jacobs family joins the Great Exodus of 1879 to Kansas, their
journey in search of a better life is filled with danger and
hardship. Will they make it to the Mississippi River unharmed? What
will be waiting for them in Kansas, and will it live up to their
dreams? It's the storytellers who preserve a nation's history. But
what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America
series features fictional stories based on important historical
events from people whose voices have been underrepresented, lost,
or forgotten over time.
Hattie Jacobs has a secret dream: to go to school to become a
teacher. But her parents were formerly enslaved and are struggling
to survive in Nashville, Tennessee, after Reconstruction. When the
Jacobs family joins the Great Exodus of 1879 to Kansas, their
journey in search of a better life is filled with danger and
hardship. Will they make it to the Mississippi River unharmed? What
will be waiting for them in Kansas, and will it live up to their
dreams? It's the storytellers who preserve a nation's history. But
what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America
series features fictional stories based on important historical
events from people whose voices have been underrepresented, lost,
or forgotten over time.
Explores the history and culture of the Maya Civilization.
Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a "Contributions"
special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this
great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments that
made it unique.
Explores the history and culture of the Maya Civilization.
Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a "Contributions"
special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this
great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments that
made it unique.
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