Terrorism- Disasters

by Ann Weil

Understanding acts of terrorism and how terrorists justify their horrible crimes will help us maintain a vigilant stance in a dangerous world. Find out more about the Munich Massacre, crimes of the SLA, the Achille Lauro hijacking, the Unabomber, the Oklahoma City bombing, and attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Disasters! This series of nonfiction readers will grab a students interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 64-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Ann Weil (1908-1969) was a children's author whose children's historical novel, Red Sails to Capri was a 1953 Newbery Honor Book. Some of her other books include Betsy Ross: Designer of Our Flag, Betsy Ross: Girl of Old Philadelphia, and Eleanor Roosevelt: Courageous Girl. Ann was born in Harrisburg, Illinois.

Reviews

[Suz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Today I covered many Home Readers for one of the kids school library. I always want to read one, but never end up doing so. I picked this one up as my children were full of questions last month, on the anniversary of September 11. I gave them a 'mum' version, but of course now I am wanting show them this. It's a simple description of terrorism, and then brief synopsis' of these world events, beginning with Munich 72'.

"Terrorism is violence against normal people. Terror groups want to scare people. They do this to gain power."

I think this is a good straight forward tool for kids which I will use. The language is appropriate and the delivery simple.

This was originally published 2005 and reprinted 2013, so it really needs to mention the fact that Osama bin Laden is dead. Also Bali, London and Boston were not mentioned. If this was the case, perhaps it would be simply too much bombarding them with so many horrors. Food for thought.

[Jjayce · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book "terrorism" by Ann Weil is a great book because it gives helpful and useful information about an important topic on terrorism. This book provides helpful information about a select group of terrorist attacks that have occurred over the years. It breaks down each event into date, the people involved, and the reason why they decided to attack that certain place and why. For example on September 11th the terrorists decided to attack us because of governmental issues. It gives multiple events and is full of information. I recommend this book because of the effort the usefulness and the detail. put into this book.

[Cassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting and shocking