"Round the world! There is much in that sound to inspire proud feelings; but whereto does all that circumnavigation conduct? Only through numberless perils to the very point whence we started." Ishmael in Moby-Dick
Every kid's dream is to be named as the most valuable player. But how many ever dream that the game is a race around the world (no flying allowed) in just forty days? That's the challenge Adam faces in the great Global game. As the player for the Magellan Voyage Project, he competes against others for a four-million dollar prize! Trackers with blowguns and a nefarious baron don't make things easy. The winner and nominee for many state readers choice awards including the Nutmeg Award, the Sunshine State Award, and the Rebecca Caudill Award.
Madam, I’m Adam. I’m twelve years, three months, and twenty-four
days old. But this story starts on my birthday, May 1, when I turned
twelve. On that day my life changed.
"I challenge you to become the youngest person in history to travel around the world alone, using only surface transportation, and do it in under forty days."
2005 New Books for Missouri Students
2007 Garden State Children's Book Awards Nominee
2006-2007 Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award
2008 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award
2009 Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award
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Multi-Subject MVP Lesson Plans and Projects
MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Guide Part 1: Daily Lessons (pdf)
MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Guide Part 2: Math/Science (pdf)
MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Guide Part 3: Language Arts (pdf)
Read MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Chapter 1 (pdf)
MVP Community Read video
Cool Adam Story poster: pdf
MVP: Magellan Voyage Project: book trailer🎬
MVP Magellan Voyage Project screenplay pdf🎨
Wonderful illustrations by John Shelley
Adam Story’s List of Places He Wants To Visit
1. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
2. Great Wall of China (walk along the top)
3. Nile River (longest river on earth)
4. Amazon River (second-longest river on earth)
5. Grand Canyon (I want to hike to the bottom)
6. Mount Rushmore
7. Mount Everest, Nepal (highest mountain on earth)
8. The Matterhorn (the real one in Switzerland, not Disneyland).
9. Mount Fuji, Japan (looks cool)
11. Empire State Building, NYC
12. Taipei 101 building (world’s tallest skyscraper)
13. Sears Tower, Chicago(tallest building in US)
14. Taj Mahal, India
15. South Pole
16. North Pole
17. Yellowstone National Park (see Old Faithful)
18. Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
19. Machu Picchu, Peru
20. Eiffel Tower, Paris
21. Disney World, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo, and Hong Kong
22. Las Vegas (looks weird)
23. Venice, Italy
24. Jerusalem
25. Prime Meridian, England (I want to stand on it)
26. The equator (I want to stand on it)
27. Niagara Falls, NY (looks cool)
28. Victoria Falls, Africa (world’s tallest waterfall)
29. Major League Baseball stadiums (I want to see every one)
30. The International Space Station (who knows?)
