6. KON-TIKI

This is the amazing story of the journey of the Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft which sailed and drifted from South America to the Pacific over 101 days and over 7000km. Thor Heyerdahl believed that the ancient South American people had travelled this route hundreds of years ago and he set out on this daring adventure to try and prove his theory.

Level 21. 44 pages. Years 5-8. Non-fiction. Available to purchase as a set (15 titles).