By Joshua Gee http://www.joshuagee.com/Home_Page/web-content/index.html
Published Scholastic Inc. New York, 2007
ISBN 978-0-439-922-55-5
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Real accounts of ghostly first hand experiences, photos and historical tales of mystery and myth. Readers guess which are real and which are a hoax and look in the back for the answer and history behind the photos.
Personal Reaction
Legends and misleads are brought to light in this book through logic and science as well as carried on in mystery. One Norwegian myth covered is the deathly Kracken, brought to recent popularity by the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The book reveals the Kracken, spotted and feared by early sailors, was just a case of mistaken identity and was in fact the recently discovered Giant Ocean Squid. The pages are glossy with attention getting photos and illustrations. The text is structured so you can read any clip on the page in any order and understand the content, which is appealing in a nonfiction book.
International Reading Children's Choice Award 2008
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