Race to the Frozen North : The Matthew Henson Story

Author: Johnson, Catherine, Hickey, Katie

Reading age: from c 8 years

Published on 5 September 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers (Barrington Stoke Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 128 pages
199 x 181 x 10 | 216g

A thrilling fictionalised account of the life of Matthew Henson, the first African-American man to travel to the North Pole, from the Carnegie-nominated author Catherine Johnson.

Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and offered him a chance at true adventure. Henson would become navigator, craftsman, translator, and right-hand man on a treacherous journey to the North Pole. Defying the odds and the many prejudices that faced him to become a true pioneer. This is his incredible and often untold story. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+