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November/December 2019: volume 19, number 3

Pioneer (Grade 2)

in this issue
  • Escape on the Pearl - 560L
    Learn how an author uses primary sources to write about an attempted escape by slaves from Washington, DC
  • River of Ice - 550L
    Glaciologist, M Jackson is studying how climate change is affecting Earth’s glaciers.
  • Expedition Everest - 480L
    Join National Geographic’s Geographer, Alex Tait on an expedition to Everest.

Photograph by Chris Millbern

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