Awards and HonorsALA Best Books for Young Adults 2010; IRA Teachers' Choices 2010, Advanced Readers; NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2010, World History & Culture
This compelling and convincing study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests. Introduction. Glossary. Full-color photographs and illustrations.
Topics American Indians. America. History. Antiquities. Ancient civilizations. Cultural clashes.
SRC Level 9.200000
SRC Points 9.000000
Lexile NC1080L
Trim Size 10" x 10"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Publication date 2009-09-07
JLG Release Date Nov 2009
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
Knowledge is power, and no other category speaks to this more. The 12 books in this category range from autobiographies to anthropological studies, these nonfiction titles are just right for middle-school readers . . . and ideal for research and classroom support, too.