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Journey to the Bottomless Pit

by Betsy Mitchell, Elizabeth Mitchell

In 1838, a seventeen-year-old slave boy named Stephen Bishop was trained to be a tour guide for Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Adventurous and bold, Stephen explored the cave in his time off and made many discoveries that attracted more and more people to the

Ages: 8, 9, 10
Interest Level: Grades 3 - 5
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.6
Lexile Measure: 760L
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: R
Publisher: Viking Books
Number of Pages: 100
Genre: General Fiction