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Author
Series
Great escapes volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Civil War, 1863. Virginia. Union soldiers Colonel Thomas Rose and Major A. G. Hamilton were captured by the Confederate Army and taken to Libby Prison, one of the most horrific prisons ever run--infamous for its overcrowded, vermin-infested conditions. But neither fear, nor darkness, nor squealing rats could keep Rose and Hamilton from freedom. They and other POWs would fight against the odds to attempt the largest prison escape in American history....
Author
Series
Great escapes volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Winter 1838--Kentucky. Determined to save her toddler son from being sold as a slave, the woman who became known as Eliza Harris trekked through the forest, in the dark of night with wild animals on her heels. Her goal: cross the Ohio River, the boundary between the North and the South, between slavery and freedom. Although the journey would be perilous, Eliza looked out at the treacherous frozen waters and quickly decided she couldn't let fear stop...
Author
Series
Great escapes volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In spring 1942, Royal Air Force pilot Bill Ash's plane was shot down by Germans, who captured and eventually brought him to Stalag Luft III, a notorious camp for prisoners of war. The Germans boasted that the camp-which was isolated, heavily guarded, and surrounded by wire fences-was escape proof. But Ash was ready to prove them wrong. He, along with other POWs, would dig tunnels, hide in shower drains, or jump on trucks-all in the name of freedom....
Author
Series
Great escapes volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"In December 1920, three US Navy officials boarded a hot air balloon for a routine training flight, but end up stranded in the Canadian wilderness"--
Author
Series
Great escapes volume 6
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
June, 1942--Libya. Free French Officer Susan Travers was one of the few women on the frontlines in Africa during World War Two. After the Germans surrounded the military camp of Bir Hakeim, a shocking order was issued. The French troops were going to break out in the middle of the night--crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory--to reach their British allies. And Officer Travers would be leading the charge.
Author
Series
Great escapes volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner's blade. Upon learning of the Lord's death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the "Bloody Tower." She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her idea...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
TRAPPED! The American colonies are gripped by the Revolutionary War, and you have been cornered by the British. From cat-and-mouse battlefield confrontations to crowded prison ships, you'll do anything to stay out of their clutches. Will you help the Continental Army escape from Long Island? Or will you brave icy waters to swim from a floating prison? Every decision can be the difference between life and death. Which path will YOU CHOOSE to make it...
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