Building the Empire State Building
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2014

Building the Empire State Building

By Allison Lassieur

Choose your path in the race to build the Empire State Building. Will you succeed or fail?

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In the bustling 1920s, New York City is captivated by the race to construct the Empire State Building. As an eager assistant, a daring construction worker, or a diligent water boy, your choices will shape the fate of this iconic skyscraper. Will your decisions lead to triumph or disaster? Navigate real-life challenges and determine the outcome of this monumental project. The stakes are high, and the city is watching. What path will you choose?

From the publisher

The Roaring 20s are in high gear, and so is skyscraper fever in New York City. People are fascinated by the plans to build the Empire State Building the worlds tallest building yet. Will you: Be an eager young assistant at the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, the firm designing the Empire State Building? Join the project as a construction worker high atop the building as it rises above the city? Work as a water boy who carries water to the thirsty construction workers on the project? Experience situations taken from real life. YOU CHOOSE what you’ll do next. The choices you make will either lead you and the project to success or to failure.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
112
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
760L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.9
F&P level
~R
Publication
Published
July 1, 2014
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781491404058

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