Escapes! (True stories from the edge)
Biography, Adventurers and explorers, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio
Summary
From getaway gladiators to runaway slaves, from the endless Sahara to the impassable Bastille, here are ten nail-biting tales of escape. Read how six Americans, caught in the 1979 uprising in Iran, found protection at the Canadian embassy, and later,… disguised as Canadians, were able to flee the country. Discover Lady Nithsdale's ruse to free her husband from the impenetrable Tower of London in 1716, fall into Douglas Bader's harrowing escape from a plummeting Spitfire in World War II, or hold your breath as two families drift over the Berlin Wall in a homemade hot-air balloon. Grades 5-8. 2003.