A review by kelleemoye
Countdown by Deborah Wiles

4.0

Deborah Wiles really set the stage for this book and helped the reader feel like they were really in 1962 by not only writing a well-written, interesting, informative story, but by including primary sources throughout the book to show what the world was really producing during this time.

The Cold War/Cuban Missile Crisis is a time that is not written about very often and it is nice to see it in MG so that students can learn about this time in history.

This book would be a wonderful addition to a history curriculum! This, again, is one of the books that makes me wish I taught elementary so I could make a curriculum where I could have this book as a read aloud.