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Bragg, Georgia.
How they croaked :
the awful ends of the awfully famous /
Georgia Bragg ; illustrated by Kevin O'Malley.
Pbk. ed.
New York :
Scholastic,
2012.
©2011.
184 p. :
ill., maps ;
26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-179) and index.
King Tut : back up the U-haul -- Julius Caesar : putting the "I" in "Ides" -- Cleopatra : #1 across -- Christopher Columbus : death by dirt -- Henry VIII : who not to marry -- Elizabeth I : she kept her head about her -- Pocahontas : royal hostage -- Galileo Galilei : staying alive -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : every good boy does fine -- Marie Antoinette : I did not do it on purpose -- George Washington : little mouth of horrors -- Napoleon Bonaparte : I hate islands -- Ludwig van Beethoven : between those ears -- Edgar Allan Poe : Oh woe is Poe -- Charles Dickens : a tale of two brains -- James A. Garfield : James who? -- Charles Darwin : what, me worry? -- Marie Curie : you glow, girl -- Albert Einstein : Einstein = massive cranium? -- Onemore thing.
Wilson's Children, September 2011.
Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011.
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2012.
School Library Journal, April 2011.
Booklist starred, February 2011.
Kirkus Review, February 2011.
Library Media Connection, March 2011.
Wilson's Children.
Wilson's Junior High School.
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)
Shares the sometimes gruesome details of the deaths of nineteen famous historical figures, including King Tut, Pocahontas, George Washington, Edgar Allan Poe, and Marie Curie.
7.0
Follett Library Resources.
5-8
Follett Library Resources.
5-8.
950L
Lexile.
20241023.
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O'Malley, Kevin,
1961-,
ill.