Deborah Hopkinson Books In Order

Prairie Skies Books In Order

  1. Pioneer Summer (2002)
  2. Cabin the in Snow (2002)
  3. Our Kansas Home (2003)

Klondike Kid Books In Order

  1. Sailing for Gold (2003)
  2. The Long Trail (2004)
  3. Adventure in Gold Town (2004)

Mystery of WWII London Books In Order

  1. How I Became a Spy (2019)

Novels

  1. Into the Firestorm (2006)
  2. Titanic: Voices From the Disaster (2012)
  3. The Great Trouble (2013)
  4. A Bandit’s Tale (2016)
  5. Fatal Throne (2018)
  6. We Had to Be Brave (2020)

Collections

  1. Dive! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific (2016)
  2. We Must Not Forget (2021)

Picture Books

  1. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (1993)
  2. Birdie’s Lighthouse (1997)
  3. Fannie in the Kitchen (1999)
  4. A Band of Angels (1999)
  5. Maria’s Comet (1999)
  6. Bluebird Summer (2001)
  7. Under the Quilt of Night (2002)
  8. Girl Wonder (2003)
  9. A Packet of Seeds (2004)
  10. Apples to Oregon (2004)
  11. Saving Strawberry Farm (2005)
  12. Sky Boys (2005)
  13. Susan B. Anthony (2005)
  14. Sweet Land of Liberty (2007)
  15. Home On the Range (2009)
  16. Michelle (2009)
  17. Stagecoach Sal (2009)
  18. First Family (2009)
  19. The Humblebee Hunter (2010)
  20. A Boy Called Dickens (2012)
  21. Annie and Helen (2012)
  22. Knit Your Bit (2013)
  23. Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig (2016)
  24. Follow the Moon Home (2016)
  25. Steamboat School (2016)
  26. A Letter to My Teacher (2017)
  27. Independence Cake (2017)

Non fiction series

  1. The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now (2021)
  2. The Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now (2022)
  3. The Deadliest Fires Then and Now (2022)

Non fiction

  1. Pearl Harbor (1991)
  2. Shutting Out the Sky (2003)
  3. John Adams Speaks for Freedom (2005)
  4. Billy and the Rebel: Based On a True Civil War Story (2005)
  5. Who Was Charles Darwin? (2005)
  6. From Slave to Soldier (2005)
  7. Up Before Daybreak (2006)
  8. Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek (2008)
  9. Keep On! (2009)
  10. Courage & Defiance (2015)

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Deborah Hopkinson Books Overview

Pioneer Summer

Westward Ho! Congress has ruled that settlers in Kansas Territory will decide whether Kansas will enter the Union as a free or a slave state. Charlie Keller’s papa is an abolitionist, and he’s moving the family to Kansas so he can cast his vote for freedom. Papa and Momma, big sister Ida Jane, even baby Sophie, seem excited about being pioneers but not Charlie. Why couldn’t they stay back home in Massachusetts with Grandpa and with Charlie’s beloved old dog, Danny, who is too old to make the trip? Turning the wild Kansas prairie into a farm is hard work, filled with worries and danger. Will Kansas ever feel like home to Charlie?

Cabin the in Snow

STORMS ARE BREWING When Charlie and Papa arrive in Lawrence for supplies, they find the bustling Kansas town threatened by border ruffians from proslave Missouri. Papa decides to remain behind with other free soil settlers to defend the town, so Charlie must drive the wagon back to the family’s isolated claim by himself. At home a different sort of storm is brewing gray skies, bitter cold, and vicious winds warn that a prairie blizzard is coming. Charlie is always getting into trouble for daydreaming and forgetting his chores. Now he has to show he’s grown up enough to help Momma, his sisters, and his newborn baby brother survive in their tiny cabin in the snow.

Our Kansas Home

Danger Close To Home Papa is in danger for helping to rescue a free state settler who was unjustly arrested by Kansas’s proslavery sheriff. He has gone into hiding, and Momma and the Keller children are alone in their remote cabin while marauding border ruffians are roaming the countryside, looking for livestock to steal. But there’s a lot more at stake at the Keller homestead than their chickens and cows. Charlie has come upon Lizzie, a runaway slave girl trying to make her way to freedom in Canada, and the Kellers are hiding her at their cabin. With the violence in Kansas Territory escalating, the Underground Railroad isn’t running. Can Charlie and his family keep Lizzie safe until she can escape from Kansas?

Sailing for Gold

Gold Rush! Seattle, July 1897 Ever since his mother died, Davey has had a secret plan: He’s saving his money so he can run away to Alaska to find Uncle Walt, the only relative he has. No one is going to stop him not even mean Mrs. Tinker, who owns the Seattle boardinghouse where Davey lives and works. When gold is discovered in the Klondike, Davey is convinced that’s where he’ll find his uncle. But then Davey’s money disappears, and with it his hopes of finding his uncle until Davey comes up with a new, much more dangerous plan.

The Long Trail

Klondike or bust! Stowing away on the steamer Al Ki was only the beginning of Davey’s daring quest to find his uncle in the Klondike. Now he’s camping in the rough and tumble town of Skagway, working for his photographer friend Erik Larsen, and preparing for his next challenge the steep, treacherous, hundreds of miles long Chilkoot Trail. When Erik falls ill on the trail, Davey fears he will not be able to go on until he gets help from a surprising ally.

Into the Firestorm

I believe I can just see you on the streets of that bright city.

Gran’s gone now, but her words live on with Nicholas Dray, almost twelve, as he makes his way from the hot cotton fields to that Queen of Cities: San Francisco. Nick s on his own for the first time, with nowhere to turn. Then he meets jaunty, talkative Pat Patterson, owner of the most beautiful store and the friendliest golden dog in all the city. And for the first time in months, Nick feels safe. Safe in San Francisco.

But the year is 1906, the month is April, and early one morning the walls begin to shake. The floor begins to buckle. And the earth opens up. A devastating earthquake and then raging firestorms ravage the city, and Nick is right in the middle of it all. But for a young boy who s got few ties and nothing to lose, what s the right choice: escape to safety or stay at deadly risk to help others?

From acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson comes a suspenseful and carefully researched novel of the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire and of one boy s heroic fight to survive it.

From the Hardcover edition.

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

Illus. in full color. As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of areunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation and even of runningaway to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the UndergroundRailroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth inher scrap bag to make a map of the land a freedom quilt that no master willever suspect. ‘A particularly effective way to introduce the subject to youngerchildren, adding a trenchant immediacy to their understanding of a difficultbut important chapter in the country’s past.’ starred Horn Book.’This first rate book is a triumph of the heart.’ starred PublishersWeekly.

Birdie’s Lighthouse

December 1, 1855 The sea is never still. Sometimes it roars so load that it drowns our voices. Mama says there hasn’t been a storm this fierce since the night I was born. She thinks it too dangerous for me to go to the tower again. Yet what else can I do? I’m the lightkeeper now. On the tiny lighthouse island that is her family’s new home, Birdie faithfully keeps a journal. She writes down everthing: the change of seasons, the rhythms of the sea, and all that her father, the lightkeeper, is teaching her. But then one stormy night, her father is taken ill. And only Birdie knows how to keep the lighthouse’s strong beam running. Will she be brave enough to guide the boats safely into harbor?

Fannie in the Kitchen

Marcia was trying to help her mama. So maybe balancing on top of a tower of chairs to dip candles wasn’t such a good idea. And perhaps her biscuits worked better as doorstops than dessert. Still, does her mama really need to hire a mother’s helper? Then Fannie Farmer steps into their kitchen, and all of a sudden the biscuits are dainty and the griddle cakes aren’t quite so…
al dente. As Fannie teaches Marcia all about cooking, from how to flip a griddle cake at precisely the right moment to how to determine the freshness of eggs, Marcia makes a wonderful new friend. Here’s the story ‘from soup to nuts’ delightfully embellished by Deborah Hopkinson of how Fannie Farmer invented the modern recipe and created one of the first and best loved American cookbooks. Nancy Carpenter seamlessly incorporates vintage engravings into her pen, ink, and watercolor illustrations, deliciously evoking the feeling of a time gone by.

A Band of Angels

A Band of Angels is fiction, but it is based on real events and people. The character of Ella was inspired by Ella Sheppard Moore, who was born February 4, 1851, in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father was able to free himself and young Ella from slavery, but before he could buy freedom for Ella’s mother she was sold away. Ella was raised in Cincinnati, where she took music lessons. At fifteen, she was left penniless when her father died. She arrived at Fisk School in 1868 with only six dollars. Fisk was opened in 1866 as a school for former slaves and began offering college clas*ses in 1871. That year, in a desperate attempt to save Fisk from closing, a music teacher named George White set out with a group of students on a singing tour to raise money. Although at first they only sang popular music of the day, they soon became famous for introducing spirituals to the world. Ella Sheppard was the pianist for the Jubilee Singers on their historic concert tours, which raised enough money to save the school and build Jubilee Hall, the first permanent structure in the South for the education of black students. Ella later married George Moore, had three children, and located her mother and a sister. She died in 1914. Today her great granddaughter is a librarian at Fisk University who shares the history of the Jubilee Singers with visitors. Although none graduated from Fisk, the original Jubilee Singers were recognized with honorary degrees in 1978. Today, Jubilee Singers at Fisk University continue to keep alive a rich musical tradition that includes such songs as ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,’ ‘Many Thousand Gone,’ and ‘Go Down, Moses.’

Maria’s Comet

Maria longs to be an astronomer wish that burns as brightly as a star. But girls in the nineteenth century don’t grow up to be scientists, especially those who are needed at home. Each night when her papa sweeps the sky with his telescope, Maria sweeps the floor below, imagining all the strange worlds he can travel to from the rooftop of their Nantucket home. Then one night Maria finally gets her chance to look through her papa’s telescope. For the first time, she beholds the night sky stretching endlessly above her, and her dream of exploring the comets and constellations seems close enough to touch. Loosely based on the childhood of Maria pronounced ma RYE ah Mitchell, America’s first woman astronomer, and illuminated by Deborah Lanino’s star swept illustrations, here is an exquisitely told story of a girl who yearns for adventure beyond her limited circumstances, and sets out to follow her heart.

Bluebird Summer

For Mags and Cody, summer has always meant long golden days with Gramps and Grandma at the farm on the ridge, where the wheat fields stretch to the horizon and bluebirds sing from the old wood fence. But now Grandma has died and Gramps is selling off his fields one by one, and the bluebirds no longer at home in Grandma’s abandoned garden of tangled weeds are gone. How can Mags and Cody bring them back, bring everything back?This rich picture book the collaboration of a master storyteller and an immensely gifted artist offers readers of all ages hope, comfort, and the renewal that can come with great patience and love. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ 2001 Golden Kite Honor Book Award Winner

Under the Quilt of Night

When night falls, and all is quiet, a slave girl starts to run. She follows the moon into the woods, leading her loved ones away from their master. There’s only one place where he might not find them, and it’s Under the Quilt of Night. Guided by the stars, they head north in the direction of freedom. At last, the girl sees a quilt the quilt with a center square made from deep blue fabric and knows it’s a signal from friends on the Underground Railroad, welcoming her into their home. And so she steps forward…
Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome team up again, in this stunning companion to Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Ransome’s rich, powerful illustrations elicit all the emotion and suspense of Hopkinson’s words, in a story that’s sure to make your heart race and leave you breathless.

Girl Wonder

Did you ever hear the story of the Girl Wonder? Alta Weiss was born to play baseball, simple as that. From the age of two, when she hurls a corncob at a pesky tomcat, folks in her small Ohio town know one thing for sure: She may be a girl, but she’s got some arm. When she’s seventeen, Alta hears about a semipro team, the Independents. Here’s her big chance! But one look at Alta’s long skirts tells Coach all he needs to know girls can’t play baseball! Faster than you can say ‘strike out!,’ Alta’s convinced him to give her a chance. And so with the crowd buzzing and the big game up to her, Alta steps up to the pitcher’s mound, determined to prove everybody wrong. Inspired by the life of pioneering female baseball player Alta Weiss, and dramatized by Terry Widener’s bold illustrations, Girl Wonder tells the unforgettable story of a true American original.

A Packet of Seeds

I knew Momma wouldn’t ask Pa to leave this new land…
but I wondered if I’d ever see her smile again. Standing on the dry and dusty prairie, all Pa can see is the promise of the new land before him. All Momma can feel is the sorrow of leaving everything behind to live the life of a pioneer. Annie thinks she knows what will make Momma happy again: a flower garden like the one back home. With Pa’s help, Annie and her little brother Jim clear a patch of earth. And when Momma sees the plot of land ready for planting, she remembers something her sister gave her for the journey packets of seeds tied with a lavender ribbon. Deborah Hopkinson’s tender tribute to the brave women and childrenwho traveled west on the prairies is accompanied by Bethanne Andersen’s lush and evocative illustrations.

Apples to Oregon

Apples, ho!

When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can’t bear to leave his precious apple trees behind. Or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, and pears. Oh, and he takes his family along too. But the trail is cruel first there’s a river to cross that’s wider than Texas…
and then there are hailstones as big as plums…
and there’s even a drought, sure to crisp the cherries. Those poor pippins! Luckily Delicious the nonedible apple of Daddy’s eye is strong as young ‘uns raised on apples are and won’t let anything stop her father’s darling saps from tasting the sweet Oregon soil.

Here’s a hilarious tall tale from the team that brought you Fannie in the Kitchen that’s loosely based on the life of a real fruiting pioneer.

Apple Facts

More than 7,500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world.

About 2,500 varieties grow in the United States.

The apple variety Delicious is the most widely grown in the United States.

Apples are part of the rose family.

The science of fruit growing is called pomology.

Fresh apples float. That’s because 25 percent of their volume is air.

Cut an apple in half, across the core, and you’ll see a star shape.

It takes apple trees four to five years to produce their first fruit.

It takes about thirty six apples to make one gallon of apple cider.

Saving Strawberry Farm

One penny. In the hot, mean summer of 1933, a penny is enough to buy caramels or red hots or peppermint sticks or licorice strings. Is it enough to buy Miss Elsie’s Strawberry Farm? There’s only one way to find out. Davey takes a deep breath and shouts, ‘One penny for Strawberry Farm!’ Set during the Great Depression, and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Rachel Isadora, Saving Strawberry Farm brings Davey’s Midwestern town to life as friends and neighbors plan to save the farm the only way they can with a secret penny auction!

Sky Boys

The acclaimed team that brought readers the IRA Children’s Book Award winning Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt is back with a riveting brick by brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, a building straight and simple as a pencil is being built in record time. Hundreds of men are leveling, shoveling, hauling. They re hoisting 60,000 tons of steal, stacking 10 million bricks, eating lunch in the clouds. And when they cut ribbon and the crowds rush in, the boy and his father will be among the first to zoom up to the top of the tallest building in the world and see all of Manhattan spread at their feet.

Susan B. Anthony

Unlike most girls of her time, Susan B. Anthony received an education. And besides reading and writing, her schooling taught her that women should have the same rights as men, above all the right to vote. So from the time she was a young woman until the day she died, Susan worked very hard to change America and make her dream reality.

Sweet Land of Liberty

This inspiring story of little known civil rights champion Oscar Chapman and his role in Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial reminds readers that one person can truly make a difference. On Easter Sunday 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in front of a crowd of over 75,000 people. The person largely responsible for putting her there was a white man, Oscar Chapman, assistant secretary of the interior under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. When Chapman learned that Marian Anderson was not allowed to sing at Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin, he took it upon himself to do the impossible: find Marian Anderson an appropriate venue for a concert and make an important statement about equality and the rights of all Americans. With support from the highest levels of U.S. government, Chapman helped produce a landmark concert that for at least one evening bridged the color divide to bring a city and much of the nation together. Author Deborah Hopkinson tells the inspirational story of Oscar Chapman, including his childhood exposure to racism that led to his lifelong commitment to ending bigotry. An author’s note provides additional historical context. Illustrator Leonard Jenkins’s remarkable illustrations recreate a bygone era and pay tribute to remarkable real life people and a magical moment in modern history.

Home On the Range

Widely acclaimed for her award winning picture books, Deborah Hopkinson presents the amazing story of John A. Lomax, the fi rst man to popularize such great American folk songs as ‘Sweet Betsy from Pike,’ ‘Git Along Little Dogies’ and, of course, ‘Home On the Range.’ When John was a boy in Texas, he wrote down all he’d learned from cowboys. Years later, with the encouragement of a beloved teacher, John set out on a cross country trip to fi nd more songs for a book. Taking along his clunky Ediphone recording device, he convinced cowboys and Gypsies to sing for him and soon he had hundreds of songs preserved for generations to come. S. D. Schindler’s gorgeous art brings the West alive in this inspiring story of discovery, which shows that if you love something as a child, you don’t have to give it up as an adult!

Michelle

The world has come to know Michelle Obama as an elegant and strong woman. She is wife to President Barack Obama, mother to Malia and Sasha, but also a professional and passionate woman who has devoted her life to working to strengthen her community and country. This is the story of our First Lady. During her childhood, she learned to dream big, and throughout her life she has dared to take on challenges and suceeded in getting big things done. This beautiful and thoughtful picture book by the award winning author Deborah Hopkinson and with artwork by the New York Times bestselling AG Ford delivers the inspiring story of Michelle with grace and style. Ages: 4 7

Stagecoach Sal

Sal sure can sing. But she can also catch a fish with her bare hands, ride a wild bronco, and drive a stagecoach. And she’s nobody s fool. When Sal makes her first stagecoach journey alone to deliver the mail for her sick pa, her ma is nervous. But the wild frontier is no match for Sal, and neither is Poetic Pete, the wiliest stagecoach robber in the West.

First Family

At work, at play, at home, in the White House. The White House is a museum, the office of the chief executive, a gathering place for leaders and visitors from around the globe, and it is also a home for one special family the First Family. This book follows a day in the life of the Obama family: President Barack, First Lady Michelle, First Daughters Malia and Sasha, and even First Pup Bo. From moving in on inauguration day to making important decisions, hosting state dinners, planting a garden, exploring the historic house, and leading around the Secret Service, the First Family is very busy. Deborah Hopkinson and AG Ford take young readers through an extraordinary ordinary day in the life of America’s much beloved First Family.

The Humblebee Hunter

On a beautiful day, the last thing Etty wants to do is sit inside baking honey cake. She d much rather be outside exploring with her father, Charles Darwin. Many are familiar with Darwin’s theory of evolution, but few know Darwin the family man. In writing The Humblebee Hunter, Deborah Hopkinson relied on research to create a lyrical fictional account of Charles Darwin at home with his children, discovering the wonders of their own back yard. Told from the perspective of Darwin’s daughter Etty, the story portrays a very human side of one of the most revered figures in the history of science.

A Boy Called Dickens

For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child’s dreams don’t come true…
As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own and work long hours in a rat infested blacking factory. Readers will be drawn into the winding streets of London, where they will learn how Dickens got the inspiration for many of his characters. The 200th anniversary of Dickens’s birth is February 7, 2012, and this tale of his little known boyhood is the perfect way to introduce kids to the great author. Here is historical fiction at its ingenious best.

Shutting Out the Sky

In a stunning nonfiction debut, award winning author Deborah Hopkinson focuses on five immigrants’ stories to reveal the triumphs and hardships of early 1900s immigrant life in New York. Acclaimed author Hopkinson recounts the lives of five immigrants to New York’s Lower East Side through oral histories and engaging narrative. We hear Romanian born Marcus Ravage’s disappointment when his aunt pushes him outside to peddle chocolates on the street. And about the pickle cart lady who stored her pickles in a rat infested baseme*nt. We read Rose Cohen’s terrifying account of living through the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, and of Pauline Newman’s struggles to learn English. But through it all, each one of these kids keeps working, keeps hoping, to achieve their own American dream.

John Adams Speaks for Freedom

John Adams didn’t enjoy traveling. He much preferred to stay home with his wife and children. But John Adams also had a dream: He wanted to see the thirteen colonies free from English rule. He wanted to see the creation of a new country the United States of America. John Adams did whatever was needed to make his dream come true.

Billy and the Rebel: Based On a True Civil War Story

This story is based on the life of Billy Bayly, a real boy who lived in Pennsylvania during the Civil War and had an unlikely friendship with a Southern soldier. Ready to Read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels: Pre Level 1 Recognizing Words Word repetition Familiar words and phrases Simple sentences Level 1 Starting to Read Simple stories Increased vocabulary Longer sentences Level 2 Reading Independently More complex stories Varied sentence structure Paragraphs and short chapters Level 3 Reading Proficiently Rich vocabulary More challenging stories Longer chapters

Who Was Charles Darwin?

As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded for conducting ‘useless’ experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts of Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands, and expanded his groundbreaking ideas that would change people’s understanding of the natural world. About 100 illustrations and a clear, exciting text will make Darwin and his theory of evolution an exciting discovery for every young reader.

From Slave to Soldier

Johnny loves his Uncle Silas and his master’s mule, Nell, but he hates being a slave. So when a group of soldiers marches by the farm and asks Johnny if he wants to join the Union Army, Johnny accepts, even though it means leaving Uncle Silas and Nell. Being a soldier isn’t easy. Johnny is given a chance to work with a soldier named Dave and the company’s mule team, but he still wonders if he has made the right choice. Then one night a hungry patrol is out on watch across the river from the camp, with no one to bring them food. Can Johnny handle the mule team all by himself?This story was inspired by the life of John McCline, who, as a young boy, escaped slavery to serve in the Union Army.

Up Before Daybreak

In Up Before Daybreak, acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson captures the voices of the forgotten men, women, and children who worked in the cotton industry in America over the centuries. The voices of the slaves who toiled in the fields in the South, the poor sharecroppers who barely got by, and the girls who gave their lives to the New England mills spring to life through oral histories, archival photos, and Hopkinson’s engaging narrative prose style. These stories are amazing and often heartbreaking, and they are imbedded deep in our nation’s history.

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek

JUST IN TIME for the 200th anniversary of his birth comes this ingenious picture book of historical fiction about our 16th president of the United States. It’s a tale of two boys who get themselves into more trouble than bear cubs in a candy store during the year 1816. Abe is only seven years old, and his pal, Austin, is ten.

Abe and Austin decide to journey down to Knob Creek. The water looks scary and deep, and Austin points out that they don’t know how to swim. Nevertheless, they decide to traverse it. I won’t tell you what happens, but let’s just say that our country wouldn’t be the same if Austin hadn’t been there to help his friend.

From the Hardcover edition.

Keep On!

A riveting account of African American explorer Matthew Henson’s 1909 journey to the North Pole with Admiral Peary Many know the story of Robert Peary s great 1909 expedition to reach the North Pole. Yet few people know that Peary was joined on this grueling, history making journey by fellow explorer Matthew Henson. Henson was born just after the Civil War, a time when slavery had been abolished, but few opportunities were available for black people. Even as a child, he exhibited a yearning for adventure, and at the age of only thirteen, he embarked on a five year voyage sailing the seven seas and learning navigation, history, and mathematics. Henson s greatest adventure began when he accepted an invitation by Robert Peary to join his expedition to the North Pole. The team endured storms, shifting ice, wind, injuries, accidents, and unimaginable cold. Finally on April 1, Peary, Henson, and four Inuit men began the final 133 mile push to the Pole. Readers will share in the excitement and drama of this remarkable, history making adventure as award winning author Deborah Hopkinson pays tribute to a great but under recognized figure from America s past. Illustrator Stephen Alcorn s large format, stylized ink and watercolor illustrations capture all the action. Excerpts from Henson s expedition diaries, a timeline, and an epilogue place the story in its historical context.

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