National Geographic Kids Chapters: Rock Stars!

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$6.99 US
On sale Feb 06, 2018 | 112 Pages | 9781426330490
Find out about the life of rock climbers in this cool new Chapter book, part of an Extreme Adventure strand featuring high-adrenaline stories about real explorers.

With gripping--and TRUE--stories of incredible adventures, Rock Stars! takes readers on three amazing journeys of ultimate survival. From New York's Central Park to the towering Himalaya, no peak is too high for these extreme rock climbers! Perfect for all readers who love exciting, real-life, adrenaline-fueled tales that will have you on the edge of your seat.
STEVE BRAMUCCI is a novelist, travel writer, adventurer, teacher, and storyteller. He has rowed down the Mekong River in a tradional Vietnamese x'ampan, ventured into the outback with Aboriginal elders, and spent four months driving a rickety Nissan Patrol through East Africa. His story of exploring a long-forgotten pirate graveyard in Madasgascar won the Trazzler Oasis prize and his trip across Australia in a car fueled with French fry oil was turned into an Australian TV show. Bramucci's first novel, The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo! will be published by Bloomsbury in August 2017.

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Find out about the life of rock climbers in this cool new Chapter book, part of an Extreme Adventure strand featuring high-adrenaline stories about real explorers.

With gripping--and TRUE--stories of incredible adventures, Rock Stars! takes readers on three amazing journeys of ultimate survival. From New York's Central Park to the towering Himalaya, no peak is too high for these extreme rock climbers! Perfect for all readers who love exciting, real-life, adrenaline-fueled tales that will have you on the edge of your seat.

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STEVE BRAMUCCI is a novelist, travel writer, adventurer, teacher, and storyteller. He has rowed down the Mekong River in a tradional Vietnamese x'ampan, ventured into the outback with Aboriginal elders, and spent four months driving a rickety Nissan Patrol through East Africa. His story of exploring a long-forgotten pirate graveyard in Madasgascar won the Trazzler Oasis prize and his trip across Australia in a car fueled with French fry oil was turned into an Australian TV show. Bramucci's first novel, The Danger Gang and the Pirates of Borneo! will be published by Bloomsbury in August 2017.

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