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Uncommon Traveler

by Don Brown
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Mary Kingsley spent her childhood in a small house on a lonely lane outside London, England. Her mother was bedridden, her father rarely home, and Mary served as housekeeper, handyman, nursemaid, and servant. Not until she was thirty years old did Mary get her chance to explore the world she'd read about in her father's library. In 1893, she arrived in West Africa, where she encountered giant Xying insects, crocodiles, hippos, and brutal heat. Mary endured the hardships of the equatorial country—and thrived.

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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  • ISBN: 9780547349596
  • Release date: May 5, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9780547349596
  • File size: 13315 KB
  • Release date: August 25, 2003
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:550
Text Difficulty:2-3

Mary Kingsley spent her childhood in a small house on a lonely lane outside London, England. Her mother was bedridden, her father rarely home, and Mary served as housekeeper, handyman, nursemaid, and servant. Not until she was thirty years old did Mary get her chance to explore the world she'd read about in her father's library. In 1893, she arrived in West Africa, where she encountered giant Xying insects, crocodiles, hippos, and brutal heat. Mary endured the hardships of the equatorial country—and thrived.

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Biography & Autobiography Juvenile Nonfiction