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The (mostly) true story of Cleopatra's needle

From the author of the My Weird School books, an adventure story that spans centuries and continents. In Central Park, New York, stands Cleopatra's Needle. But what do you know about? Did you know that thousands of people worked in 1461 BCE to build it? Then hundreds more moved it, and erected it in...

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Main Author: Gutman, Dan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
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Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Obelisks > Juvenile fiction.
Egypt > History > To 332 B.C. > Juvenile fiction.
Central Park (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:From the author of the My Weird School books, an adventure story that spans centuries and continents. In Central Park, New York, stands Cleopatra's Needle. But what do you know about? Did you know that thousands of people worked in 1461 BCE to build it? Then hundreds more moved it, and erected it in Alexandria, where it stood for 3,000 years? So how did a monolith weighing over 200 tons get moved all the way to New York City-and in the 19th Century, no less? In this historical fiction account by bestselling author Dan Gutman, five kids who watched the Needle at each phase of its history recount the daring story of how something that seemed to be impossible –and that nearly ended in disaster-finally succeeded against all odds.
Physical Description:193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN:9780823454846
0823454843
Author Notes:Dan Gutman was born in New York City on October 19, 1955. He received a degree in psychology from Rutgers University in 1977. He started a video game magazine in 1982 called Video Games Player, which later became Computer Games. When the magazine went out of business in 1985, he decided to become a full-time writer. He wrote several non-fiction baseball books for adults, before changing his focus to non-fiction sports books for children. In 1994, he decided to switch to children's fiction. He is the author of the Baseball Card Adventures Series, My Weird School series, My Weird School Daze series, My Weirder School series, and The Genius Files series. In 2014 his title, Texas with Love, which was the fourth book in the Genius Files Series, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

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