Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story

"We made it!" I cried. "We're here. The North Pole! We're on top of the world! The first men ever to stand here in all of history."

When eleven-year-old Matthew Henson ran away from his cruel stepmother to find a new life in the big city, no one could have predicted that he would become the first man to reach the North Pole. With a little luck and a lot of hard work, Matthew found a life of adventure on the high seas and in the Arctic. But back home in America his achievements were largely overlooked because he was Black.

Race to the Frozen North tells his remarkable true story.

Union Square & Co.'s EVERYONE CAN BE A READER books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.

Author: Catherine Johnson
Publisher: Union Square Kids
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.04w x 0.24d
ISBN: 9781454954859
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 57
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2024

About the Author
Catherine Johnson is a screenwriter and bestselling author of several books for children and young adults. Race to the Frozen North is a perennial bestseller in the UK. Her acclaimed novel Sawbones won the Young Quills Award for historical fiction, and Catherine is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She currently lives in Hastings, England.