- Mar 23, 2018
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Northwest Passage

by Scott Chantler. Portland, OR: ONI Press, 2010

Nonfiction. The story of Charles Lord and how in 1755 when Fort Newcastle is captured by French privateer Guerin Montglave, Charles and the Fort Newcastle survivors flee into the Canadian wilderness to find and chart the famed Northwest Passage.

Nominated for Eisner and harvey Awards. See how to use this book to teach exploring citizenship (pp.140-144) in Worth A Thousand Words: Using Graphic Novels to Teach Visual and Verbal Literacy.

Grades 5+

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