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999 _c13628
_d13628
020 _a9781338253375
082 0 0 _aCir 791 B4532 2019
100 1 _aBerger, Melvin.
245 1 0 _aTop 20 daredevils :
_bcountdown to danger /
_cby Melvin & Gilda Berger ; art by Berat Pekmezci.
260 _aNew York :
_bScholastic,
_cc2019.
300 _a128 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c23 cm
337 _aunmediated
_bn
505 0 _a#20 Mabel Stark -- #19 Kitty O'Neil -- #18 Rebecca Rusch -- #17 Annie Taylor -- #16 Charles Blondin -- #15 Yakima Canutt -- #14 Richard Halliburton -- #13 Jeb Corliss -- #12 Auguste Piccard -- #11 Nik Wallenda -- #10 Alain Robert -- #9 Ernest Shackleton -- #8 Bessie Coleman -- #7 Felix Baumgartner -- #6 Sir Edmund Hillary -- #5 Harry Houdini -- #4 Philippe Petit -- #3 Evel Knievel -- #2 David Blaine -- #1 Amelia Earhart.
520 _a"Have you ever tried to skydive from thousands of feet in the air, or free climb a twenty-story building with nothing but your bare hands? Well, these daredevils have! Read all the elaborate (and gory!) details of the most dangerous stunts of all time carried out by the 20 biggest risk takers to ever exist. Melvin and Gilda Berger deliver a thrilling introduction to each of these daredevils, including a short biography, breakdowns of that person's most death-defying stunts, jokes, and more. Readers will even learn the science behind some of these shocking feats! The countdown to number one includes legends like Harry Houdini and Bessie Coleman, as well as newer or lesser known daredevils, such as Jeb Corlis, Alain Robert, and Mabel Stark"--
_cProvided by publisher.
526 _a700-799
650 0 _aDaredevils--Biography--Juvenile literature.
650 0 _aAdventure and adventurers--Biography--Juvenile literature.
700 1 _aBerger, Gilda.
700 1 _aPekmezci, Berat.
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