John Perritano

A magazine-style book on secret aviation projects around the world. It looks in a fairly sober way at some of the more outlandish stories circulating about "black projects", Area 51 and accounts of back-engineered UFOs. Projects such as 'Aurora' (supposedly the USAF's replacement for the legendary Lockheed SR-71) and 'Senior Citizen' (the project probably behind reports of strange triangular aircraft, here described as probably a stealthy light transport for the insertion of special forces show more in clandestine situations) are described, albeit with a fair degree of informed speculation.

Given that this book dates from 2000, perhaps the most remarkable thing is that these black projects have remained under wraps for so long, which either means that the US Government is getting really good at keeping its secrets, or perhaps they really do not exist. show less

I like this book for two reasons. First, I really like the incorporation of images and color. Each set of pages in this book incorporates about three to six images and includes a multitude of colors. This is great for keeping kids attention. Some of the facts they include in the book may be a little difficult for young readers to understand without assistance. These images provide that help by showing an image that directly correlates with the fact. The varying colors shown on each page I show more feel gives a very youthful and friendly feel to the book that is also appealing to young readers as it makes it feel much less intimidating. I also like how the facts are broken up. All of the facts are broken up in small paragraphs that kids can easily follow, and the main idea of the paragraph is in bold, large font, easily showing what the fact is. The main idea of this book is providing facts about animals, Earth, Space, Humans, People, Places, History, Science, and Technology. Overall I like this as an informational book. It's simply broken up, and the coloring can make it appealing to young readers. show less

A real quick read - this book is for young people. I didn't expect it to be for quite that young of an age - the short sentences and repetitiveness were a little hard to get used to. I will say I learned some things I didn't know, though, about how the parties had interacted with each other and with the people in times past.

My knowledge of American history is not that good so I can use all the help I can get. (I can blame my school but in reality, I could have pursued this subject on my own show more after I graduated but didn't.) I'm on to more books about the political parties now. show less

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