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Queen of the FallsShe could remember standing in a park near the falls, hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father's hand as they took a walk that would lead them closer. That's what everyone wonders when they see Niagara . . . How close will their courage let them get to it? At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty two year old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one
She could remember standing in a park near the falls, hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father's hand as they took a walk that would lead them closer. That's what everyone wonders when they see Niagara . . . How close will their courage let them get to it? At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one in the world had ever done before--she would go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyes her daring ride
Binding Type: Library Binding
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 04/04/2011
ISBN: 9780547315812
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 11.78h x 8.51w x 0.46d
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Winner
Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2011 pg. 144
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2011 pg. 425
School Library Journal 03/01/2011 pg. 145
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2011 - Book Of Special Distinction
Booklist 01/01/2011 pg. 82
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2011
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/04/2011 pg. 33
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 143316 / Queen of the Falls
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 1
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