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    Where Is Niagara Falls?
    Where Is Niagara Falls?
    Where Is Niagara Falls?
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    Where Is Niagara Falls?

    By Megan Stine, Who HQ and Tim Foley

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    While traveling through Canada in 1678, a French priest came across the most gigantic waterfalls he'd ever seen. Stricken with both awe and fear, he began to shake, fell to his knees, and prayed. Ever since, people from all over the world have come to explore Niagara: among them the daredevils determined to tumble down or walk across the falls on tightrope. Kids will get a kick reading about the hare-brained stunts and will also learn how the falls were formed and how--one day--they will disappear.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
    Release dateSep 15, 2015
    ISBN9780399539688
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      Where Is Niagara Falls? - Megan Stine

      Cover for Where Is Niagara Falls?

      For Betsy, Gail, Jean, and Sue— Yours till Niagara Falls—MS

      GROSSET & DUNLAP

      Penguin Young Readers Group

      An Imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

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      Text copyright © 2015 by Megan Stine. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. GROSSET & DUNLAP is a trademark of Penguin Random House LLC.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

      ISBN 978-0-399-53968-8

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      Contents

      Title Page

      Dedication

      Copyright

      Where Is Niagara Falls?

      A Terrible Beauty

      A Town Is Born

      A Boy, a Kite, and a Bridge

      Daredevils

      Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel

      Defying Death

      Turning Water into Electricity

      Come to Niagara Falls

      Timeline of Niagara Falls

      Timeline of the World

      Bibliography

      Map

      Photographs

      Where Is Niagara Falls?

      It was a beautiful, hot summer afternoon in 1960. Seven-year-old Roger Woodward was excited. He and his older sister Deanne were about to go on a boat ride. It was Roger’s first time ever in a boat. They were going out onto the Niagara River in a motorboat that was just big enough to hold three people.

      Remember to wear your life jacket, Roger’s father called out to him. His father knew they needed to be careful. They were going on a river that led to the biggest, most awesome waterfall in America.

      The man who owned the boat was a family friend named Jim Honeycutt. Jim was a strong swimmer and lifeguard. He knew all about how to stay safe on the river. He made sure Roger kept his life jacket on.

      As they passed under a bridge, Roger asked if he could steer the boat. It was a bad idea to let Roger steer right then. The boat was nearing a dangerous part of the river. Most boaters knew to turn around there. The river was full of rocks and rapids that led to the edge of Niagara Falls.

      But for some reason, Jim said yes.

      Suddenly, the boat hit something hard under the water. The engine screamed. A piece of the

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