Abandoned Places
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Battleship Island: The Deserted Island
by Lisa Owings
read by Dana Fleming
Part of the Abandoned Places series
Hashima, Japan's sea walls give it the appearance of a ship lost at sea. This look is the reason for the Battleship Island nickname. In this title, reluctant readers will also see Battleship Island as a time capsule. Pieces from the past will point to the deserted island's coal-mining boom time.
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Bodie: The Gold-mining Ghost Town
by Kari Schuetz
read by Dana Fleming
Part of the Abandoned Places series
The wild reputation of Bodie was unmatched in the Old West. The California gold-mining town attracted a rough crowd. Bodie had gamblers, drinkers, gunslingers, and robbers all after riches. This high-interest children's title includes a wealth of information about the gold rush that once made Bodie a 'get rich' destination.
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Craco: The Medieval Ghost Town
by Lisa Owings
read by Dana Fleming
Part of the Abandoned Places series
Craco's historical happenings hint at a curse. The town faced a plague, then war, then earthquakes and landslides. In the end, the natural disasters dealt the final blow, causing Craco to physically collapse. In this book, young readers will discover a medieval town that eventually lost its uphill battle for survival.
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Pripyat: The Chernobyl Ghost Town
by Lisa Owings
read by Dana Fleming
Part of the Abandoned Places series
Most people in Pripyat never expected the day to come when they'd have to flee for their lives. The Soviet Union boasted about the safety of the nuclear city. But in 1986, one of the town's nuclear reactors exploded and released deadly radiation. This title explains the Chernobyl accident for curious readers.
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Roanoke: The Lost Colony
by Kari Schuetz
read by Dana Fleming
Part of the Abandoned Places series
The word Croatoan carved onto a post and the letters 'CRO' scratched onto a tree. What do these two clues reveal about Roanoke's missing English colonists? Interested students can sort through possible answers in this read that begins as a history lesson and ends as an unsolved mystery.
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Machu Picchu: The Lost Civilization
by Christina Leaf
read by Dana Fleming
Part of the Abandoned Places series
The city in the clouds, Machu Picchu, has an air of mystery surrounding it. Historians know the site belonged to the Inca Empire, but they do not know much else. In this book, reluctant readers will explore possible reasons why Machu Picchu was first built and, in time, abandoned.
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