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The basic concept is simple, but interesting: a novel told in such a way as to also act as a history book for a moment in time. The photos, quotations and other contextual notes make this about as close to a hypertext printed novel as I've ever seen.
The "real" story is fairly simple, a slice of life told from the viewpoint of a 5th grade girl, but the setting is the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the place is a town close enough to Washington, D.C. and Andrews Air Force Base that the even ...more
The "real" story is fairly simple, a slice of life told from the viewpoint of a 5th grade girl, but the setting is the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the place is a town close enough to Washington, D.C. and Andrews Air Force Base that the even ...more
Sep 26, 2010
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
marked it as to-read
