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Race to the frozen North : the Matthew Henson story / Catherine Johnson ; with illustrations by Katie Hickey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Barrington Stoke, 2018. Description: 118 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781781128404
  • 1781128405
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 910.92 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.J646RAC
Summary: When orphan Matthew Henson ran away from his violent stepmother to find a new life in the big city, no one could have predicted that he would become the first man to reach the North Pole. A little luck and a lot of hard work led to a life of adventure on the high seas and in the Arctic, but back home in America his achievements were ignored due to the colour of his skin.
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Junior Fiction Junior Fiction Pop-Up Library Junior Fiction Children &Young Adults Section JOHN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00738193

This book is also super readable (sticker of back cover)

When orphan Matthew Henson ran away from his violent stepmother to find a new life in the big city, no one could have predicted that he would become the first man to reach the North Pole. A little luck and a lot of hard work led to a life of adventure on the high seas and in the Arctic, but back home in America his achievements were ignored due to the colour of his skin.

This book has a dyslexia-friendly layout, typeface and paperstock so that even more readers can enjoy it. It has been edited to a reading age of 8.
Interest age: 8-12.

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