Where Is the Bermuda Triangle?

Where is/are...?

by Megan Stine, Who H.Q., Tim Foley (Illustrator)

Who doesn't love a great mystery? This book presents the eerie accidents and unexplained disappearances that have occurred in the region known as the Bermuda Triangle.

Even before it was named, the Bermuda Triangle--roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico--had gained a mythic reputation. The Bermuda Triangle became famous for making boats and ships vanish, and for snatching planes right out of the sky. But are these stories true? And if they are true, is there a more sensible reason that refutes the bad karma of the region? With so many mystifying events to learn about, readers will love disappearing into this story.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Childrens, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Geography, Paranormal

112 pages, Paperback

Published May 22, 2018

About the author

Megan Stine is the Editor-in-Chief of Real U Guides and the author of more than 100 books for young readers including Trauma-Rama, an etiquette book for teenagers published by Seventeen magazine, and several titles in a series based on the popular 1990’s television series Party of Five. A frequent writer of books in the enormously popular Mary-Kate and Ashley series, she is the best-selling author of Likes Me, Likes Me Not and Instant Boyfriend. She has worked with CBS and ABC in developing comedy and drama television pilots, and has written comedy material for a well-known radio personality in New York.

When she isn’t writing, she is a portrait and fine art photographer and a contributing photographer for the Real U series of guides.

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting and informative introduction to the Bermuda Triangle mystery for children. I've heard of Horse Latitudes before, but never knew exactly what they were.

[Rachel B · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

The first half was good; it gave an overview of all the disappearances and other mysterious happenings in and around the Bermuda Triangle.

The second half attempted to explain the various events, which killed the mystery and excitement; all of the explanations were not equally satisfying, either.

There were a handful of pages that explained some concepts mentioned in the main text (like what UFOs are), but these were placed at awkward places within the text, interrupting the main narrative and coming too late to be helpful. I had already explained the concepts to my nephews as they came up in the text, and then a couple pages later, the additional info was given... This would make a little more sense if it waited until the end of the chapter, but that wasn't the case. It would have been preferable to give that information in-between chapters, before they were mentioned in the main text.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting. Horse latitudes are seamen mythology at 30 to 35 degrees above and below equator, who knew? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_l...

Bermuda Triangle is very busy but statistically no more likely to incur trouble. But it does have lots of weird cases of ghost ships, abandoned vessels with meals uneaten and food still cooking on the stove.

A pilot said that the ocean appears smooth and it's hard to delineate the horizon and so planes crash from this confusion.

Compasses do go wonky due to magnetic anomalies though. But still, there are other means, and maybe 'Don't panic' is good practice.

I want to cruise and fly through the Triangle now. Scare the shit out of the gullible and the ill-disciplined kids! Ha!

[Presley VT. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a very interesting book. It has loads of information about the Bermuda Triangule. I personally did not like non-fiction until I read this book. Part of me didn’t like non-fiction because it was too boring, but this book is very fun to read. The author of this book is amazing and I’m definitely going to read more of her books soon.

[Mrs. Schonour · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great little book to provide some brief facts about the Bermuda Triangle. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a very surface-level glance and not wanting to go too deep into the information. It's geared for upper elementary students.

[Terri Gulyas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting but nothing I haven't heard before.

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Where Is the Bermuda Triangle (Where Is...? series) by Megan Stine, illustrated by Tim Foley, 106 pages. NON-FICTION. Penguin Workshop, 2018. $10.

BUYING ADVISORY: EL – ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Another addition to the popular Who? What? Where? series, this book is a nice introduction to the stories and theories about the Bermuda Triangle. The earliest story tells the tale of Columbus getting stuck in the area for weeks. Though he was eventually able to continue on his way, others have not been so lucky. Missing crew, missing ships, and missing airplanes are all part of the long list of travelers who have entered the triangle only to vanish. Possible theories range from alien abductions to kidnappings by citizens of the lost city of Atlantis. A librarian and other researchers have found rational reasons for many of the disappearances. But some of the mysteries are still unsolved. For students new to the history of this phenomenon, this is a worthy introduction.

P.K.Foster, MLS, school librarian
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...

[Ashley Adkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recently read this book with my boys, ages 11 and 12. This was a easy read for us and we really enjoyed the mysterious topic. Although, the end of the book ruined some of the fun mystery for us. As a parent I like that the book is easy to read while at the same time including great information for kids - I think this really hides the idea that they are learning something (because that is just so bad!). Quick read with some illustrations throughout the text makes this a fun, quick, and educational read.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I ended up reading this out loud to my niece and nephew, and we were completely fascinated. I knew about the Bermuda Triangle, obviously. and so did they, but there were tons of facts/stories we didn't know anything about. We ended up going down a rabbit hole of information on the subject, and I'm so fascinated by the entire thing now.

[Hailey Vittrup · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is easily the most fascinating book in the Who HQ series that I have read up to this point. I have long been enthralled by the idea that we do not know everything about the area of ocean referred to starting in the 1960s as the Bermuda Triangle. There is something about the unexplainable that is distinctly humbling, or at least that should be. Thinking back, I think that there was a time when I told someone that I was going to ask God what happened to Amelia Earhart when I get to Heaven. The same goes for the Bermuda Triangle. There are things that our feeble minds have a hard time understanding. The mystery of disappearances is something that enthralls people, but the unexplained in our world can also bring sadness and a sense of loss. It is also true that people can be simultaneously saddened by what may be deemed as the likely outcome of planes and ships that did not make it back to their origin, it can also prompt our curious minds to research. Having a greater understanding of this topic than I did before feels good after so many unknowns were indirectly presented to those in past decades. Lack of understanding or complete comprehension should cause us to trust in the One who is omniscient. Though this book was not told from a Christian and thereby creation perspective, it drew me back to the Creator of all things, God. I am thankful that the book did not contain any woke or implicit political bias, as many in this series do. I greatly appreciate that it is one that I can recommend to everyone. I definitely recommend this book!

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

We don't seem to hear much lately about the Bermuda Triangle, an area roughly bounded by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Miami, and I would like to know why! As a child growing up I decided to never to go near the Bermuda Triangle because of all the unexplained disappearances of ships and planes in the area. In her recent book, Where Is the Bermuda Triangle, author Megan Stine dives into this topic to determine what's myth and what is true, and if there is truth, is there any logical explanation for its occurrence. As was the case with other books I have read by this author, I thought it was well-written and loaded with facts and examples. As I expected would be the case, she provides many examples of the more famous disappearances and proceeds to explore alternatives for what happened. Couple that with the fact that, statistically, there are other places around the earth with similar numbers of mysterious disappearances and that some of those reported for the Bermuda Triangle were not, in fact, in the area described as the Bermuda Triangle. For the record, I have been through the Bermuda Triangle on cruises and will likely go there again. Some occurrences are still unexplained, but with the number of myths that have been solved, I feel the preponderance of evidence points to nothing to see here, move along!

[Ivanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story took place in the Bermuda Triangle. The story talks about people, who went through the Bermuda Triangle. Almost every person, who went through the Bermuda Triangle, never came back! Some were in planes, some were in ships. There were mysteries yet to be discovered, it took a long time for everybody to know what actually happened. A story was told that Navy Ships went past the Bermuda Triangle, but never came back. So other Navy Ships went out looking for the lost one, that ship also never came back. The question is: How Did It Happen? A person named Larry Kusche was interested in all these mysteries. He was a Liberian, he looked through news papers and books then he found the truth, about some of the story's, like about a ship or plane that was going through the Bermuda Triangle. They said it was good weather when the plane or ship got lost but actually, Larry found out that it was a stormy day. The people who were lying finally told the truth about what had happened. In the End, not all of the mysteries were solved, most were though, that's a good thing. I think this book is good because, it talks about the Mysteries that were solved, it mentions who got lost. The book tells us that ships and planes got lost not just ships. If you want to learn a little bit about the Bermuda Triangle, this book is good to have. I think you should try it out.

[Jane Lin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would rate this zero stars if I could because the title might make you instested but in the inside,all it explanied was a bunch a of boats,planes and ships dissapearing into the Bermuda tringle.Here is some of the story:introduction,Where is the Bermuda tringle:On a beauitful sunny afternoon in 1945,five airplanes took off from a runway in Fort Lauderdale,Florida.,The planes were US Navy bombers,but they weren´t going to drop bombs.They were just out on a training run.The pilots were supposed to fly east,over the ocean then north for a while before heading back home.The whole flight was supposed to last only two hours.The trip was called flight 19.But somehow the pilotsh got lost and confused.They didn´t know which way to go.That the end of the preview but the whole book just talks about different ships that got lost.They don´t explain WHY.For more info,here is the second part:Tĥe officer in charge had two compasses to show him directions.But BOTH stopped working.He tried to contact the control tower for help but his radio went wasn´t working well.Then another pilot flying near by heard they where lost.He offered to help,but the officer told him NOT TO.Before the day was over,all five planes dissapeared without a trace!The Navy quickly sent out another plane to search for them-and it vanished too!How can this possibly happened!Well,it does sound intresting but inside it´s just a bunch of missing things inside the Bermuda triangle.

[Mrs. Melaugh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unexplained mysteries are a perennial favorite with readers, and this non-fiction entry in that category does a nice job of first describing Bermuda Triangle mysteries and then providing possible explanations. Grabbing readers’ attention right off the bat by telling about five planes lost there on a training mission in 1945, this book provides three additional chapters with descriptions of strange incidents reported in the same area, including as far back as Christopher Columbus. One chapter provides some of the more unusual answers people have come up with to explain what happened. Two chapters are devoted to the explanations researched in the 1970s by librarian Larry Kusche that are now generally accepted. A final chapter mentions “ghost ships” unrelated to the Bermuda Triangle that still remain a mystery.

[Abbey · Rating 5 out of 5]

The whole Who Was series has been fantastic but I absolutely love this particular edition! What sets it apart is the chapter that begins with the librarian who gets intrigued by all the stories about the Bermuda Triangle and then starts combing the archives to find out the truth behind some of the stories. Low and behold: he finds a lot of perfectly rational explanations, and that some of the stories attributed to the Bermuda Triangle took place in other areas entirely!

This is really one of the best of the series that I've ever read. A great place to start that also sets a very high standard!

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Bermuda Triangle is in between Miami, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda. It has had 5 airplanes in a day disappear and 20 airplanes in all. There have been over 100 ships disappear in the Bermuda triangle. The book says that all the disappearances are most likely Coincidence. Also the weather is very bad in the triangle so it's easy to crash a plane and there heavy so the sink to the bottom fast without a trace. It said the 5 planes disappearing was because of running out of gas.

What I find interesting is that so many people died in one spot of the ocean.
In this book the author made me feel mysterious.

[Elina · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a very nice interesting mysterious book. I read this other book and she was like the first woman to find airplane and what if she think in here I wonder. People say that the planes but it's true planes and helicopters everything are disappearing there when they fly over the Bermuda Triangle. People are trying to figure out what's making this suck up all the planes of helicopters and everything. And how do they know the book. Or maybe the Bermuda Triangle does not suck ships and plane to the bottom of the ocean it simply just pulling people to one of the most beautiful magical places in the world.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids found this book really interesting. The layout of the book worked really well for keeping the kids attention- the disappearances, the myths, and finally the research. Both my kids were making hypotheses about the missing boats and planes while reading. It was neat to read later what the research found were the cause of the disappearances and for the kids to see how their hypotheses differed and that even the strangest stories had realistic explanations.

[Garett Dworman]

I read this with my 8yo because the Bermuda Triangle figured prominently in one of the Percy Jackson books (#2 I think) and my kid was asking me about it. Nice kids book about the Bermuda Triangle. Mixes some of the sensationalist history of this "great mystery" with a good discussion about what this phenomenon probably is. I learned some interesting stuff, including about the Sargasso Sea. Adults can read it in an hour.

[Kaili (Owl Book World) · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I read this book I didn’t realize it was aimed towards children. I pretty much just searched the Libby app for something about the Bermuda Triangle and it popped up. So I was a little confused at first when certain were being explained that most adults should really know. However the book is well done and very informative. Ever since I was in high school this topic has always made me a little curious!

[Ille · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Where Is the Bermuda Triangle?" by Megan Stine is a very good book in the Where Is...? series.
Although this book is aimed at children, I recommend this book to anyone who is wondering what the truth behind the mysterious disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle is.
The book starts by explaining the history of the ships and planes that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle and then finishes by explaining how the story of each mystery was solved.

[Renee Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book dives into the enduring mysteries and theories surrounding the Bermuda Triangle. Stine presents the history and speculation in a way that’s accessible, making it a fun introduction for readers curious about unexplained phenomena.

It balances fact with mystery, offering enough detail to spark imagination without overwhelming younger readers. A solid choice for anyone who enjoys puzzling over the unknown.

[Fares Elbargisy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very nice informative book. I would recommend it to anyone who loves to know some nonfiction stories and some facts about the world. Summary : It was informing us the history of the planes and boats that got lost in the Bermuda Triangle. Some were lost with no evidence and some had mysterious evidence. Some were explained by a theory and some are still a mystery.

[David Rough · Rating 4 out of 5]

The mysterious Bermuda Triangle is loosely bounded by Miami, Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. This area of the ocean has been the location for many unexplainable disappearances of ships and aircraft over many years. This interesting young-reader volume contains a quick history of the area including a Christopher Columbus incident. The book contains some possible explanations for some of the reported disappearances but acknowledges that some are still unsolved and await a feasible answer.

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book. I got it for my kids, but I figured I'd take a stab at it. I knew most of the stories, but the end chapters were good because a lot of it was kind of debunked. Not to give away a lot of the book. Yes there was some strange things that happened, but maybe not all of them were because of the Bermuda Triangle, only some of them.

[Madi Harbuck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative, well written and easy for younger readers to understand. I liked how they presented the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, stories involving it, and explanations as to what really happened/happens in the Bermuda Triangle. Inserted throughout are sections that further explain key ideas or terms, such as Morse Code and how compasses work.

[SailingThroughThePages · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on the mystery that is the Bermuda Triangle. This book features many interesting stories regarding planes and ships that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle. The author also provides possible explanations for what could have caused these strange disasters. Where Is The Bermuda Triangle is a short easy read but still provided the stories and mystery I was looking for.

[Jose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mystery Bermuda Triangle

Like: Everything about the Bermuda mystery.
Dislike: Too short.
Five stars because it was a very interesting book I have never read.
I recommend it to everyone who likes to know a little more about mystery issues.

[Shana OkieCozyReader · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an interesting topic for elementary and middle school. I was fascinated reading it and refreshing my memory. I love the way this series mixes text and information so students aren’t intimidated and can enjoy learning.

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

It talks about all these disappearances since Christopher Columbus was sailing. Tons of planes and ships/boats had disappeared without an s.o.s message and didn't leave a trace. even today planes and ship/boats go missing in the Bermuda triangle.