| The Grand Escape: The Greatest Prison Breakout of the 20th Century (Scholastic Focus) Contributor(s): Bascomb, Neal (Author) |
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ISBN: 1338140345 ISBN-13: 9781338140347 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2018 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Europe - Young Adult Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers |
| Dewey: 940.472 |
| LCCN: 2018016857 |
| Lexile Measure: 1070 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" (1.10 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 197624 Reading Level: 7.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I.***Three starred reviews ***Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I. Illustrated throughout with incredible photographs and published on the 100th anniversary of the Holzminden escape At the height of World War I, as battles raged in the trenches and in the air, another struggle for survival was being waged in the most notorious POW camp in all of Germany: Holzminden. A land-locked Alcatraz of sorts, it was home to the most troublesome Allied prisoners--and the most talented at escape. The Grand Escape tells the remarkable tale of a band of pilots who pulled off an ingenious plan and made it out of enemy territory in the biggest breakout of WWI, inspiring their countrymen in the darkest hours of the war. |