Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal

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In 1914, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world’s two largest oceans and signaled America’s emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood—and creating a miracle is no easy thing. Thousands lost their lives, and those who survived worked under the harshest conditions for only a few silver coins a day.
   From the young “silver people” whose back-breaking labor built the Canal to the denizens of the endangered rainforest itself, this is the story of one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, as only Newbery Honor-winning author Margarita Engle could tell it.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 29, 2016
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0544668707
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0544668706
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.69 x 8 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 – 9
Best Sellers Rank: #279,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Teen & Young Adult Central & South American History #14 in Children’s Latin American History (Books) #15 in Teen & Young Adult Environmental Conservation & Protection
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