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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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What if the woods were full of them? And of course they were, the woods were full of everything you didn't like, everything you were afraid of and instinctively loathed, everything that tried to overwhelm you with nasty, no-brain panic. The brochure promised a "moderate-to-difficult" six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, where nine-year-old Trisha McFarland was to spend Saturday with her older brother, Pete, and...
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Language
English
Description
Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less that two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old-great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955 having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin....
Author
Publisher
Appalachian Trail Conference
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council challenges girls from around the world to hike one or ALL of the more than 2,181 miles of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) between March 12, 2012 and October 31, 2012." --Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An overview of the natural history of the Appalachian Trail and of historical events related to the route, an imaginary hike up the trail, and a description of what can be seen and experienced along the way.
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Language
English
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Description
This comprehensive naturalist's guide includes a look at the mountains' history, a study of the land's geology, and detailed information about the trail's birds, mammals, trees, flowers, reptiles, amphibians, and more. -- Amazon.com.
This comprehensive guide takes an in-depth look at the various aspects of nature along the AT: history, geology, plant life, wildlife, and more--
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
With her trademark simple but lyrical text enhanced by John Wallace's irresistible illustrations, Marion Dane Bauer describes the wonders of the Appalachian Trail for Level One beginning readers.--
Publisher
Jim Dashiell
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Appalachian Trail was beautiful, evil, demanding but forgiving. It taught us the importance of individuality, luck and determination. The best lesson, however, was the value of the people who hiked it, maintained it, provided trail magic to the random anonymous hiker. We're all family on the Trail. Shared hardships act as a bond. This book offers observations of the same experiences from a variety of viewpoints complete with the good and bad memories....
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