Mark Zuckerberg: Creator of Facebook

Newsmakers

by Jamie Weil

Mark Zuckerberg's story is an interesting who knew that a quiet, code-writing nerd would be the creator of what we call social media, the Chairman and CEO of Facebook Inc., and the youngest self-made billionaire. Primary sources with accompanying questions, multiple prompts, timeline, index, and glossary also included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

48 pages, Library Binding

First published December 12, 2014

About the author

As an English major at UCLA, Jamie fell in love with story to understand the human condition. As she read and told stories to her own children and her students, Jamie learned the power of stories to inspire, motivate, teach, and open hearts. She has written multiple titles for the children’s educational market, the adult non-fiction market, and has worked as a journalist, law-firm marketing director, second-grade teacher, licensed spiritual practitioner, filmmaker, professional mom, lifestyle blogger, and chatbot designer to bring life to those boring little widgets. Her current projects are bringing light to the world through her nonfiction book SHINE: When Chasing Sacred Spaces Goes Dark and her blogs:  www.spaguidesecrets.com (self-care) and Tasting Life (www.jamieweilwrites.com ) for the epicurean adventurer. Her home base online is www.jamieweil.net . In real life, she lives in Northern California with her husband and her dog, Kai.

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overview of Zuckerberg's life with little to nothing about controversy surrounding Facebook. The book seems as slanted as Facebook itself.

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