Betsy Ross's Star (Blast to the Past Series #8)

by Stacia Deutsch, Rhody Cohon, Guy Francis (Illustrator)

Overview

Get ready for a Stars and Stripes surprise!

When Mr. C tells the class they’ll be learning about Betsy Ross, Abigail is confused. What could the “what-if” question be?

Turns out that no one knows for sure if Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag! But whether she did or not, the kids have a job to do—Babs Magee is up to her old tricks and plans to take credit for sewing the flag. Abigail and the boys see this as their chance not only to stop Babs, but also to set history straight.

But once they start trying to figure out the truth, what they discover surprises them all...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442493490
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	06/02/2015
Series:	Blast to the Past , #8
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
Lexile:	720L (what's this?)
File size:	19 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Stacia Deutsch is the author of more than fifty children’s books, including the eight-book, award-winning chapter book series Blast to the Past. She has also written the tween novel Mean Ghouls as well as books for the Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew and The Boxcar Children series. Stacia has been on the New York Times bestseller list for the novelizations of the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and The Smurfs movies. For new releases and school visit information, visit StaciaDeutsch.com.

Rhody Cohon does all the research and editing for the Blast to the Past series. She has a master’s degree in computer engineering. Rhody lives with her family in Tuscon, Arizona.

Guy Francis was born and raised in Provo, Utah. He lived in the city but was raised on a farm. As a child, he spent many summers working and playing on his family ranch, where he and his dad, brothers designed and built a cabin. Now, it’s a place they all go to relax. Guy began illustrating at the age of nine. His first projects included his 4th grade bulletin board and numerous cartoon characters commissioned by his friends for 25¢. It wasn’t until high school that Guy realized a person could make a living being an artist, and while attending Brigham Young University, he got his first children’s picture book job illustrating Showdown at Slickrock by Pat Bagley. Since then, he has published a variety of work including book covers, children’s games, early chapter books, and picture books. He is thrilled to be making a living doing what he loves. Guy has always liked building, fixing, or creating things. His current projects range from fixing up his rusty old ‘46 Chevy pickup truck to remodeling a studio in his home. Guy also enjoys his model trains, flying RC airplanes, camping, and rock climbing. His wife, Lorien, and their four children, Calvin, Samantha, Madeline, and Max, are pretty good art critics and often visit the studio in his home to help out.

Read an Excerpt

Betsy Ross's Star

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By Stacia Deutsch

Aladdin

Copyright © 2007 Stacia Deutsch
All right reserved.
ISBN: 9781416933885

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PROLOGUE

TIME TRAVEL

If you said to me, "Hey, Abigail! What's your favorite thing in the

whole world?" I would have to answer, "History Club."

History Club is way better than art projects. Better than mini golf.

Even better than eating pizza with sausage and extra cheese.

After school on Mondays, our third-grade social studies teacher, Mr.

Caruthers, sends three of my friends and me on a mission back in time.

Jacob, his twin brother Zack, Bo, and I call our top secret time-travel

adventures "History Club."

And our teacher, Mr. Caruthers, is so super cool, we call him "Mr. C."

One day a woman named Babs Magee stole a time-travel computer that Mr. C

invented in his laboratory under the school gym. Now she's popping around

history, visiting important people on a list of names that Mr. C made.

Babs Magee wants to be famous. But she doesn't want to work for it. She'd

rather steal other people's inventions or ideas.

It's a lame way to get famous. When Mr. C discovered what Babs Magee was

doing, he knew he needed to keep history straight. Since he is too busy

working on a new invention, he asked Bo, Jacob, Zack, and me to help him

out. It's our job to go back in time and convince those famous Americans

not to give uptheir dreams.

Mr. C gave us a brand-new time-travel computer. It looks like a hand-held

video game with a larger screen and extra buttons. When we put a special

cartridge in the back, a glowing green hole opens and we jump through

time. Taking the cartridge out brings us home again.

We have two hours to get the task done. So far we've been really lucky.

On all our adventures, Jacob, Zack, Bo, and I have managed to keep

history on track. We've foiled Babs Magee's schemes, and landed back at

school with seconds to spare.

Today is Monday. I can hardly wait for school to end and History Club to

begin.

Text copyright © 2007 by Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon

Continues...

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