| Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building Bound for Schoo Edition Contributor(s): Hopkinson, Deborah (Author), Ransome, James E. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0606238476 ISBN-13: 9780606238472 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $17.34 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Art - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.8" W x 11.3" (0.90 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 106084 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The unbeatable team of Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome present a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. Join a young boy as he watches the Empire State Building being constructed from scratch, then travels to the top to look down on all of New York City in 1931. Hopkinson, a master of historical fiction, and Ransome, an award-winning illustrator, dazzle us with this ALA Notable and a "Boston Globe-Horn Book "Honor Book. |