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Steam!

Taming the River Monster

From the Series Setting the Stage for Fluency

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

In 1807 at the age of 13, Brenton Dixon lived in Albany, New York, and expected to become a blacksmith’s apprentice. Then one day he and his friends saw something strange out on the Hudson River, approaching from downstream. Many were sure that it was a fire-breathing monster and the sight created havoc on shore and on the water. It was Robert Fulton’s pioneering steamboat the Clermont, making its maiden voyage from New York City to Albany.

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Social Studies
Copyright 2015
Publisher Red Chair Press
Imprint Red Chair Press
Language English
Number of Pages 40
Publication Date 2015-01-01
Text Type Drama
BISACS JNF017000, JNF025200, JNF025270
Dewey 812
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 6.5 x 9
Guided Reading Level R
ATOS Reading Level 3.9
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 171484
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Original artwork, Reviewed, and eSource

Reviews

School Library Journal

Reviewed on 1 March 2015

“[T]hese engaging and creative offerings succeed, introducing important people, events, and inventions in a lively, dramatic way….Recommended for history curricula, as well as for both school and public libraries.”―School Library Journal