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True Stories of Heroes
(11 reviews with an average rating of 4 out of 5)
Publisher: Usborne
12 seconds from death and plummeting to earth in a sky-dive gone disastrously wrong; Jesse Owens' stunning victories at 1936 Olympic Games in Nazi Germany and Lieutenant Maynard fighting the fiercest and most feared pirate that ever lived to free the seas for trade... These are just three of the real-life short stories of incredible courage, heroism and sheer determination against the wildest of odds recounted in Paul Dowswell's gripping Heroes.
From animals to astronauts and captured spies in World War II, this epic collection of heroic acts celebrates human nature at its most tenacious, and the human spirit at its strongest.
Heroes is a great choice for children who love narrative non-fiction and short stories.
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What you thought...
Average rating:
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Emma, 03 March 2016
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this is an amazing book full of adventurous true storys .
molly, 04 May 2015
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it great if you like to know about war and survival if you like war you'll like it
ale, 01 May 2014
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This book is really interesting because its about the war and survival it has great characters and I learnt a lot about war it also explains how war starts!!!!!!
Rebecca, 03 February 2013
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I think this is a great book, because it's written as if it was a fiction book, but instead a non fiction. It drags you into the book like a fantasy! All in all it's a great book.
Morgan, 20 December 2012
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I enjoyed reading Heroes. My favourite type of book is non-fiction and this exciting, action packed book, is exactly up my street. It is an unusual book because it reads like fiction. I particularly like the chapter entitled "Animal Heroes", I am a big fan of anything about animals and have a pet cat myself, who is often up to mischief! Paul Dowswells describes real life events in a meaningful way and is obviously a keen researcher. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a...
Tom, 16 December 2012
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i really like this book because i love reading real life stories. My favourite story is were a dog jumps a 1.5m fence so he can save a little girl in danger. This book is truly inspiring to every one at how they can become a hero. Toby
Toby, 06 December 2012
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this is a really good book to read
Qingtong, 03 December 2012
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I think this book is very interesting, inspiring and fun to read and I would be happy to read more of his books.
Johnathan, 29 November 2012
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my book is about a huge battle,and the ship gets bombed.The reactor started to set on fire which would mean the boat was sinking very slowly. but luckly the radiation was low pressure the captain ran through the dark corridor which had smoke and rubble.but one machine fell on top of another which had caused a lot of trouble. palamarchuk and gorbachenko went in to treatment
james, 27 November 2012
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i liked this book because it has all diffrent stories about war and survival. it has good characters and is a great book if you like to read about what war is really like. it also explains how war starts and how it ends. it gives people like the reader a advanced summary of navy c.o.r.ps jobs.
josh, 27 November 2012
I thought this was a great book. It told us lot what happened 50+ years ago