Fictionalized accounts of the true stories of three people who made separate attempts to travel around the world in the late nineteenth century, including Thomas Stevens, who made the journey on a bicycle, reporter Nellie Bly, who used conventional methods of travel, and sea captain Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail around the world alone.
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Wilson's Children, October 2012 Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012 School Library Journal starred, September 2011 Booklist starred, September 2011 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, October 2011 Kirkus Starred, August 2011 New York Times, December 2011 Horn Book, November 2011 Library Media Connection, January 2012 Wilson's Children Wilson's Junior High School School Library Journal starred
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