Where Is Easter Island?

<p>Which of these facts are true?<br />It is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world<br />The people who live on Easter Island call the island Rapa Nui<br />It has over nine hundred giant stone statues</p> <p><strong>Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island.</strong><br /><br />Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they build the enormous statues and why? How were they placed around the island without carts or even wheels? Scientists have learned many of the answers, although some things still remain a mystery. Megan Stine reveals it all in a gripping narrative.<br /><br />This book, part of the&nbsp;<em>New York Times&nbsp;</em>best-selling series, is enhanced by eighty illustrations.</p>