Phelan, M. (2011). Around the World. Boston, Massachussets: Candlewick Press.
A Scott O'Dell winner for historical fiction, this book is a fantastic graphic novel. It begins with the introduction of men sitting around a card table discussing the amazing feats of man and one man dares to challenge the others that he can circle the globe in eight days or less. This is the beginning of a novel that inspires the three following short stories: Thomas Stevens, a former miner, who circled the globe on one of the earliest bicycle designs, Nellie Bly, female reporter, and Joshua Slocum, a retired captain mourning the death of his first wife. The stories are extremely inspirational and attract enthusiasm and a desire for more information. (Grades 2 and up).
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