TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berger,Melvin
AU  - Berger,Gilda
AU  - Pekmezci,Berat
TI  - Top 20 daredevils: countdown to danger 
SN  - 9781338253375
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Daredevils
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Adventure and adventurers
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Illustrated works
N1  - Includes index; #20 Mabel Stark -- #19 Kitty O'Neil -- #18 Rebecca Rusch -- #17 Annie Taylor -- #16 Charles Blondin -- #15 Yakima Canutt -- #14 Richard Halliburton -- #13 Jeb Corliss -- #12 Auguste Piccard -- #11 Nik Wallenda -- #10 Alain Robert -- #9 Ernest Shackleton -- #8 Bessie Coleman -- #7 Felix Baumgartner -- #6 Sir Edmund Hillary -- #5 Harry Houdini -- #4 Philippe Petit -- #3 Evel Knievel -- #2 David Blaine -- #1 Amelia Earhart; Grades 4-6; Ages 7-10
N2  - "Have you ever tried to skydive from thousands of feet in the air, or free climb a twenty-story building with nothing but your bare hands? Well, these daredevils have! Read all the elaborate (and gory!) details of the most dangerous stunts of all time carried out by the 20 biggest risk takers to ever exist. Melvin and Gilda Berger deliver a thrilling introduction to each of these daredevils, including a short biography, breakdowns of that person's most death-defying stunts, jokes, and more. Readers will even learn the science behind some of these shocking feats! The countdown to number one includes legends like Harry Houdini and Bessie Coleman, as well as newer or lesser known daredevils, such as Jeb Corlis, Alain Robert, and Mabel Stark"--
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