Shackleton

I sought this out, looking for an adventure-type story to booktalk. I probably wouldn't have read it otherwise because I'm not especially drawn to explorer stories? They tend to have to eat dogs and things I don't like to read about. Also, I think what I might potentially like best about a book about Antarctica would be beautiful photographs of icebergs and such, and this is black and white cartoons. Sooo... not that. (They are pretty charming cartoons though.)

This is a fun, quirky sort of book. It's mostly a string of funny/dramatic incidents from Shackleton's logs (and I think other crewmen's logs also) on his Antarctic journey.

If you're into explorers and whatnot... sure, check this out!

I'm booktalking this to 7th/8th grade–I think some of the language/history might be a little complicated but with the illustrations, kids who are interested should be able to figure it out! But also would be good for high schoolers/adults I think.