The Race to the Moon (You Choose: History) by Allison Lassieur


The Race to the Moon (You Choose: History)
Title : The Race to the Moon (You Choose: History)
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ISBN : -
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 112
Publication : First published February 1, 2014

It's the 1950s and 1960s, and the United States and Soviet Union are in a race to be the first to reach the moon. Will you: Participate in the space race as a young scientist working on early rocket technology? Experience the space race as a reporter following space ÒfirstsÓ in both the Soviet Union and the United States? Work as a member of Mission Control during the 1969 moon landing? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to opportunity, to glory, to shattered dreams, or even to death.

The Race to the Moon (You Choose: History) Reviews

  • Kim

    I had been years since I read a "choose your own adventure" book. (And by years, I mean probably 35.) My students love these! I was happy with this one. Great information in a very accessible format. Hopefully it will inspire students to research or read more on the topic.

  • Brandy

    A historical choose-your-own-adventure book, there are three storylines presented with 55 choices and 19 different endings. The reader can select to understand the perspective of a German scientist working for NASA after World War II, a jet-setting reporter following the space “firsts” in America and Russia, or a member of mission control working in Houston during the 1969 moon landing mission.

    While I enjoyed the idea of "living" the space race through multiple perspectives, I found it difficult to track the history of this era in a choose your own adventure style book. I didn't live during this time period, but I feel like emotions were much stronger and the feeling that there was more at stake (like the future of the free world) than is presented in the book. Personally, I feel that choose your own adventure should stick to fiction.

  • Alex

    Eh. Every choice leads to the same outcome, and a lot of the stories were repeated from other books in this series.

  • gina

    This might the first choose your own adventure book my son has read. We have read it a bunch. I remember these as a kid and it was so much fun to read together!

  • Cherie

    A fun and factual "choose your own adventure' type book. Excellent for the school library.