The (mostly) true story of Cleopatra's Needle / by Dan Gutman.
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TextPublisher: New York : Holiday House, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Edition: First editionDescription: 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780823454846
- 0823454843
- True story of Cleopatra's Needle
- Cleopatra's Needle
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the author of the My Weird School books, an adventure story that spans centuries and continents.
In Central Park, New York, stands Cleopatra's Needle. But what do you know about? Did you know that thousands of people worked in 1461 BCE to build it? Then hundreds more moved it, and erected it in Alexandria, where it stood for 3,000 years? So how did a monolith weighing over 200 tons get moved all the way to New York City--and in the 19th Century, no less?
In this historical fiction account by bestselling author Dan Gutman, five kids who watched the Needle at each phase of its history recount the daring story of how something that seemed to be impossible -and that nearly ended in disaster--finally succeeded against all odds.
Including photos, diagrams, and illustrations, this book will leave history lovers and fans of problem solving astounded at all that was accomplished. And best of all, it will leave middle grade readers feeling they've just watched a really good movie--they'll hardly even realize they were reading.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Ages 8-12. Holiday House.
Grades 4-6. Holiday House.
"Five kids across centuries recount the history of Cleopatra's Needle, from its construction in ancient Egypt to moving it across the ocean to New York city in the 19th century"-- Provided by publisher.