Guarding Fort Knox

Highly Guarded Places
  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Learn some of the secrets that lie within the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, which is said to hold billions of dollars' worth of gold. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and sidebars, detailed photographs, an informational diagram, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.

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978-1-5038-1494-3
$36.95
Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Hi-Lo, Nonfiction
Category High Interest
Copyright 2017
Publisher The Child's World, Inc.
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2016-08-01
BISACS JNF038100, JNF016000
Dewey 976.9
Graphics Full-color photographs
Dimensions 8 x 9.5
Lexile 590
Guided Reading Level V
ATOS Reading Level 4.6
ATOS Interest Level MG
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 184043
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Educational front/back matter, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Phonetics, Reviewed, Sources for further research, Starred, Suggested websites, and Table of contents
Online Resources

  • A Storehouse for Gold
  • Inside the Fortress
  • Securing the Fort
  • Gold and Other Treasures
  • Glossary
  • To Learn More
  • Index
Author: Linda Cernak

Linda Cernak is an independent writer of children's classroom readers, student textbooks, and nonfiction books for young readers. Since 1994, she has published numerous children's books in the subject areas of social studies, science, and the arts. Her list of published works also includes a series of fiction readers for elementary-grade students.

Reviews

A noteworthy review of Highly Guarded Places from School Library Journal on November 1, 2016

Well-writlen text and a copious amount of illustrations on an attention grabbing subject make for an attractive series. Each title begins with a real-life account concerning an immense peril to U.S. citizens or property. After the hook, the text delves into where the recognizable (and… View →

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