Could You Survive the Ice Age?: An Interactive Prehistoric Adventure

By Blake Hoena and Alessandro Valdrighi

You've just been sent many thousands of years back in time. The climate is cold and the landscape is strange. The people you encounter look quite different than modern-day humans. But what worries you most are the fierce saber-toothed cats and the giant wooly mammoths that roam the land. Do you think you have what it takes to survive the last ice age? Turn the pages to find out!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Jun 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781496693914

Blake Hoena

An editor and script doctor extraordinaire, Blake is also an author of dozens of graphic novels. His published works have been licensed through DC Comics, National Geographic Kids, and Sports Illustrated Kids.

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You Choose: Could You Survive the Ice Age by Blake Hoena illustrated by Alessandro Valdrighi

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Introduction

CHAPTER 1: The Museum of Natural History

CHAPTER 2: North America

CHAPTER 3: Europe

CHAPTER 4: Australia

CHAPTER 5: The Ice Ages

Timeline Of Earth’s Ice Ages

Other Paths to Explore

Read More

Internet Sites

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Copyright

Back Cover

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INTRODUCTION

YOU are an ordinary kid going about your everyday life. Suddenly you find yourself in a strange place and a strange time. It’s a period from long ago. The world looks different than anything you’ve ever seen before. Terrifying beasts roam the land. Danger lurks at every turn. Where will you find shelter? How will you get food? Will you ever see your friends and family again? Most importantly of all, can you survive?

Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

YOU CHOOSE the path you take through the Ice Age!

Chapter 1

THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

You and your classmates are headed to a class trip at the Museum of Natural History.

I can’t wait to see what they have on display, your friend Jayla says.

I’m just excited to get out of class today, Mateo jokes.

You and Jayla roll your eyes.

Mr. Andrist stands at the front of the bus.

OK, students, he says, once we get off the bus, a museum guide will lead you through exhibits of the Pleistocene Epoch.

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You have already learned in class that this period of Earth’s history started about 2.5 million years ago. It marked the beginning of the last Ice Age and lasted until about 12,000 years ago.

In Mr. Andrist’s class, you have studied animals called megafauna that lived during the Pleistocene Epoch. Many were giant versions of modern-day animals, such as the cave bear and the saber-toothed cat. This time period is also when modern-day humans evolved.

When Mr. Andrist stops talking, your classmates file off the bus. In front of the museum’s glass doors stands a young woman with a name tag that reads Rebecca.

Hello! I am one of the paleontologists on staff at the museum, she says. Does everyone know what a paleontologist does?

You study old things, Mateo says.

The students around you chuckle quietly.

Well, yes, Rebecca says. Though, here at the museum, I also get to share my knowledge with budding scientists such as yourselves.

Rebecca shows you displays of Ice Age people and animals. You learn that in Europe, Neanderthals went extinct about 40,000 years ago, shortly after modern-day humans called Cro-Magnons arrived. Camels called camelops roamed western parts of North America. Australia had giant crocodiles and lizards.

After lunch, you