Featuring humor and history tied to the curriculum, these books meet studentsA need for complex informational texts. Students discover firsthand what itA s like tackling a mammoth, being a pirateA s prisoner, climbing Mount Everest, and more in dangerous, horrible, perilous, precarious, and deadly situations. Colorful cartoon-style illustrations with speech bubbles and labels make this series accessible and inviting even to struggling readers. Each title includes a glossary of domain-specific vocabulary words, an index, and a Did You Know? section.