01830cam a2200385 i 4500 650828970 TxAuBib 20040120120000.0 030418s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780439705875 0439705878 9780761328681 library binding 0761328688 library binding (OCoLC)52215062 DLC eng rda DLC IG# DPL TxAuBib rda Gerstein, Mordicai. The man who walked between the towers / Mordicai Gerstein. New York : Scholastic Inc, 2003. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and--in two dramatic foldout spreads--the vertiginous drama of Petit's feat. AD640L Lexile. Decoding demand: 84 (very high) Semantic demand: 91 (very high) Syntactic demand: 91 (very high) Structure demand: 86 (very high) Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.7 0.5 77196. 20040120. Petit, Philippe 1949- Juvenile literature. Petit, Philippe 1949- World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001.) Tightrope walking. Aerialists France Juvenile literature. Aerialists. LAKCL