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    The Search for El Dorado (Totally True Adventures)

    Is the City of Gold a Real Place?

    Part of Totally True Adventures

    Author Lois Miner Huey
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    RH Childrens Books | Random House Books for Young Readers
    5.25"W x 7.63"H x 0.32"D  
    On sale Apr 19, 2016 | 112 Pages | 9780553536140
    Grades 6-8
    Reading Level: Lexile 660L | Fountas & Pinnell T
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    Was the City of Gold a real place? Treasure seekers and mystery readers alike will love this action-packed Totally True Adventure.
     
    Towers of gold! Glittering streets! Jewels, coins, and more! Early Spanish explorers heard a story about El Dorado. It was a lost city in the Americas made of gold. The explorers believed it was real—and they believed they could find it! Soon the story became a legend, and the legend changed the world. But the city of El Dorado has not been found . . . yet.
     
    This nonfiction chapter book makes history exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, Common Core connections, and additional Story Behind the Story facts.
     
    Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was . . . ? series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.
    LOIS MINER HUEY is an archaeologist for the state of New York who also writes nonfiction books for children, focusing on history and archaeology. View titles by Lois Miner Huey

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    Was the City of Gold a real place? Treasure seekers and mystery readers alike will love this action-packed Totally True Adventure.
     
    Towers of gold! Glittering streets! Jewels, coins, and more! Early Spanish explorers heard a story about El Dorado. It was a lost city in the Americas made of gold. The explorers believed it was real—and they believed they could find it! Soon the story became a legend, and the legend changed the world. But the city of El Dorado has not been found . . . yet.
     
    This nonfiction chapter book makes history exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, Common Core connections, and additional Story Behind the Story facts.
     
    Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was . . . ? series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.

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    LOIS MINER HUEY is an archaeologist for the state of New York who also writes nonfiction books for children, focusing on history and archaeology. View titles by Lois Miner Huey

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