Marco? Polo!
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$674
Chapter Book · 2006

Marco? Polo!

By Jon Scieszka, Adam McCauley (Illustrator)

Book #16 in the The Time Warp Trio series

A time-warping book leads to thirteenth-century China and unexpected adventures.

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96 pages
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Joe and his friends, Fred and Sam, stumble into thirteenth-century China with a magical book. Facing sandstorms, bandits, and a smelly camel, they encounter the emperor and the legendary Marco Polo. Can they navigate this ancient world and return home? Discover the twists and turns of their time-traveling escapade.

From the publisher

The Time Warp Trio meets Marco Polo!What would happen if someone had a time-warping book he got from his uncle who was a magician, and he took it to the local YMCA pool while he played Marco? Polo! with his best friends? In the sixteenth adventure of the Time Warp Trio, it happens to Joe (and Fred and Sam). And what happens is sandstorms, desert bandits, a smelly camel, strange horoscopes, the emperor of all China, and one very famous explorer. If the explorer is Marco Polo, this must be thirteenthcentury China!

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Format
Paperback
Pages
96
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
550L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.5
F&P level
~N
AR points
1
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
109811
Publication
Published
June 1, 2008
First published
January 1, 2006
Publisher
Puffin Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780142411773

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