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Gr 2–5—Percy Fawcett dreamed of being an explorer from the time he was a young child in the 1860s; the accounts of his explorer father and brother fueled his enthusiasm. Even his stint in the British Army in Sri Lanka afforded him the opportunity to investigate local jungles. On Fawcett's return home, he began training through the Royal Geographical Society, learning, for instance, which plants were poisonous and which were not. The Society hired him to map areas of Bolivia, Br...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Pizzoli (Tricky Vic, rev. 5/15) recounts the true and mysterious tale of Percy Fawcett, the early-twentieth-century British adventurer who disappeared in the rainforests of Brazil while searching for a lost ancient city that he called "Z." The straightforward, chronological story is supplemented with maps, logbook-style illustrations (which label creatures and equipment), and sidebars. Dialogue inside speech bubbles ("Ju...Log In or Sign Up to Read More