Sacagawea's Strength (Blast to the Past)

Product Details

• ISBN13: 9781416912705
• Notes: Label New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
• Circumstances: NEW

Description

Which way should they turn?

Abigail and her friends are in the middle of a Monday afternoon group project when Mr. C tells them it's time to jump back to the past. They're super-excited, even though this time things are more complicated than ever!

The kids have to convince Sacagawea not to give up on her dream. But they don't know what Sacagawea's dream is! Sure, they know that explorers Lewis and Clark mapped a route leading out West...but what does that have to do with the teenage Native American?

Can Abigail and her group find Sacagawea, figure out what her dream is, and convince her to stick with it -- all in just two hours?

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Customer Reviews

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I think that this is the best book in all of the Blast to the Past series. I mean like come on can it be any better. You have Lewis and Clark, Sacagewia, and even a time traveling history club. What can be more perfect. If you have any objections to this book whatsoever wright a review on this book.

2007-11-30 | nlmullen (Brooklyn, NY USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Sacaga what?
Sacagawea's Strength made me feel great! I learned a lot about her life that I never knew before. I also liked it because the author was very good at describing life in her time. I recommend this book to people around the ages of 7-10 years old.
I have read every book in the series and find they are an excellent and fun way to learn about history. The Blast to the Past books really bring the characters to life in an exciting way. I can't wait for the next book to be written so I can read it at once!
Michelle J
Age 9
San Diego, CA

2007-01-30 | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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It's great
This book is very good, the best Blast to the Past yet. A new character is introduced and it's makes me want to read the next books even more.

2006-05-15 (Topeka, KS United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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King's Courage (Blast to the Past)

Product Details

• Notes: Tag New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
• ISBN13: 9781416912699
• Prepare: NEW

Description

Get out the vote!

It's another exciting Monday for Abigail, Zack, Jacob, and Bo -- they are going to jump back to the past to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.! The kids need to convince Dr. King not to get discouraged and to lead one of his famous voting rights marches. And they've got to do it with the twins' baby brother, Gabe, in tow!

But today's mission will be more challenging -- and more suprising -- than any that they've faced so far. Luckily this time they'll get some help from two very special people....

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Customer Reviews

Great Concept, Unneccesary Comparison
What's not to like about the concept of this book? Time travel? Kids encountering MLK as a living person! It's a great idea and I would rate it higher if not for one fundamental issue that pops up a few times in the book. In the first few pages there is a reference to Malcolm X and violence. While it is true that Malcolm was open to the idea of violence, the book gives the impression that Malcolm was only interested in being violent. In this way Malcolm and Martin are pitted against one another. Of course, there is some validity to the comparison, but only some. Malcolm was much more complicated and necessary for the Civil Rights movement than the book suggests. And it is more accurate to identify Malcolm as an advocate of self-defense.

The book does not tell you that Martin said of him that "while we did not always see eye to eye on methods to solve the race problem, I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem." It also doesn't share Malcolm's thoughts on the March on Washington. Malcolm said, "I don't agree with it, but I am going to be there, brother, 'cause that's where I belong." More scholarly texts, James Cone's Malcolm and Martin for example, have the perspective that Malcolm and Martin were complimentary.

I would encourage a child to read this book if I knew that I had the time to talk more truthfully about Malcolm without vilifying him in the process, like the media did during the movement.

2009-01-19 (New Jersey, USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3

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Stories for Children Magazine 4 Star Review
What a terrific idea for a series of books! Co-Authors Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon wrote this eight-book series and focus on different American historical figures - in this book, it is Martin Luther King Jr.

Abigail, Zack, Jacob and Bo are classmates who have a very special social studies teacher - Mr. Caruthers. With the aid of his specially invented time travel computer, he has his four students travel back through time to convince Martin Luther King Jr. to not give up his dream. They only have two hours to complete their mission, which gets extremely complicated when Zack and Jacob's younger brother, Gabe, needs to be babysat for the afternoon. Gabe grabs the computer and starts to disappear in a poof of green smoke into the time travel hole - the four classmates have no choice but to follow Gabe through the hole, find Gabe in the past, rescue the computer from him, and find Dr. King and convince him to continue on.

Did they find baby Gabe in 1965? Did baby Gabe trap them in the future by accidentally chewing on and breaking the computer? Did they join the march for voting rights? Did they find and convince Martin Luther King Jr. to not give up his dream? After all, they only have two hours to complete their mission! You will just have to read this action-packed very exciting book to find out what happens.

This book is chock full of history, including the historic voting rights march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. I was fifteen and remember watching all the news coverage on this historic event, and all the trouble Dr. King encountered, and what a burden he carried to win voting rights for black Americans with the heavy threat of violence always hanging over his head. I can still hear the song, "We shall overcome" in my memory and was so happy to see it included in this story.

What a great way for kids to learn about American history! I was fascinated! The black and white illustrations of Illustrator David Wenzel were peppered throughout the book in just the right spots - he sure can draw realistically and yet be kid-friendly at the same time.

Reviewed by: Gayle Jacobson-Huset, Managing Editor

2008-07-03 | Stories for Children Magazine Founder & Editor-in-Chief (Ivins, Utah USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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a great series!
We love this series! My kids are telling anyone who will listen all about Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation or about Alexander Graham Bell and the lightbulb. They are similar to the MAGIC TREE HOUSE series but written for a slightly more sophisticated reader.

2008-04-29 | mom to boys (Ridgewood, NJ United States) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Great book!
This is an amazing book, and I suggest everyone should read it. It is for all ages and is very well done.
I've read all the books, and this is the best yet!

2006-07-25 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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The Hobbit

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Kingdom of the dwarfs / text by Robb Walsh ; illustration and concept by David Wenzel

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Baby Loves You So Much

Product Details

• Acclimatize: USED - VERY GOOD
• Notes:
• ISBN13: 9780824955502

Description

It's hard to be the older sister when your baby brother throws oatmeal at you, wakes you up before daylight, and pulls your hair! But Mother explains why Baby does these things: Baby loves his big sister so much! When big sister can't locate her baby brother anywhere, however, she is surprised by her feelings. This delightful and humorous story by Eileen Spinelli is one that every big sister or big brother will understand. The enclosed growth chart with its stickers will allow big sisters or brothers to compare themselves with their own baby sibling as they both grow.

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Customer Reviews

The kindly text and delightful illustrations balance one another perfectly
Baby Loves You So Much! is a charming children's picturebook about the relationship between an older sister and a baby brother. It's rough being a baby's big sister when he throws oatmeal at you and pulls your hair! But Mother explains why Baby does such things: because Baby loves his big sister so much! When Baby goes missing, big sister leaves no stone unturned looking for him, until she discovers him sound asleep next to the curled-up cat. The kindly text and delightful illustrations balance one another perfectly in this gentle story ideal for sharing with young people becoming acclimated to a new brother or sister.

2007-06-10 (Oregon, WI USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5

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Truth About Sharks, The (Young Readers)

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Ms. Woods takes her class to an aquarium to see the sharks, where the children learn about all kinds of sharks--both dangerous and harmless.

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Customer Reviews

Great book!
The book is about sharks. I like it because it is good and it is interesting. You will like it. One page is funny to me. Maybe it will be funny to you too! The pictures are good.

2001-03-30 | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5

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