Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past

A 2009 Sibert Honor Book

In 1991, mountain climbers on the Niederjoch Glacier on the Italian-Austrian border came across something unexpected: a body. It had been a very warm summer, and five bodies had already turned up in the area. But something here was different. The materials found with the body suggested it might be very old, perhaps from the 1800s. But radiocarbon dating proved the iceman was 5,300 years older, from the Copper Age. He was named Ötzi and he is the oldest human mummy preserved in ice ever found. In this Sibert Honor Book, James M. Deem takes us on a captivating and creepy journey to learn about glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice that are now offering up many secrets of the past.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 10/06/2008
ISBN: 9780618800452
Pages: 64
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 11.30w x 0.50d
Award: Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 10/15/2008 pg. 1116
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2008 pg. 6
School Library Journal 12/01/2008 pg. 146
Booklist 12/01/2008 pg. 61
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2008
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2009 pg. 111
Science Books & Films 03/01/2009 pg. 70
Science 12/11/2009 pg. 1484
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2009 pg. 24
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 pg. 195 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 125748 / Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past
Reading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2