Heroes
Subtitle: 21 true stories of courage and honor--with exercises for developing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills
By: Henry Billings, Melissa Billings.
Contributors: Billings, Melissa Stone.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Critical reading series
Publisher: Jamestown Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincolnwood, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Readers (Middle school); Readers (Elementary); Reading comprehension -- Problems, exercises, etc; Heroes -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Problems, exercises, etc.; Juvenile literature.
Description: Nonfiction articles profiling heroic personalities including Jackie Robinson, Cesar Chavez, Miep Gies, Mahatma Gandhi, Marina Silva, Anne and Charles Lindbergh, Steve Biko, Christopher Reeve, the Little Rock Nine, Frank Serpico, Nellie Bly, Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, and Hans and Sophie Scholl.  Each is followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises.
Notes: "Levels F-H."