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The Adventures of Marco Polo

64 pp. | Scholastic/Levine | October, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-439-52394-X $17.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline. About Marco Polo, Freedman asks: "Did he really travel to China and beyond, as he claimed? Or was he...'the man of a million lies'?" Freedman provides background by writing of Polo's experiences and quoting from Polo's Description of the World. An author's note suggests more complex resources on the debate. This handsome volume--with faux-aged paper, archival prints, and original art--resembles a fourteenth-century manuscript. Ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2006

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