The Civil War: An Interactive History Adventure by Matt Doeden

The Civil War: An Interactive History Adventure Reviews

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  Mary Overton

  This book is a huge hit with my 4th graders - ages 9 &10.
  
  "You are living in the United States in 1863. A civil war between the North and South has divided the nation. Which side will you support? What decisions will you have to make?
  "In this book, you'll explore how the choices people made meant the difference between life and death. The events you'll experience happened to real people.
  "Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the directions at the bottom of each page. The choices you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures.
  "YOU CHOOSE the path you take through history." pg. 5
  
  "To join the Confederate army at Chancellorsville, turn to page 13.
  "To join the Union army at Gettysburg, turn to page 43.
  "To live as a civilian during the Union siege of Vicksburg, turn to page 71." pg. 11
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  Tarissa

  It's an intriguing idea; reading a book about the Civil War, being able to choose which side you're on, and selecting which path take when opportunities arise.
  
  Great insight into the war. I believe that subconsciously I learned a bit more history than what I had known before.
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  Corinne Edwards

  This story, after some background, let's you decide how you are spend the American Civil War: will you fight for the Confederacy, the Union, or will you be at home as a Confederate civilian, trying to survive the siege of Vickburg?
  
  I read this outloud to my six year old and he was ALL in. We followed each of the three storylines, in two of them we made it to the end of the war, but in one we died as a soldier - which was, obviously, a little upsetting but it was totally well done and I liked that it was an accurate (without being graphic) depiction of war and the tricky decisions you'd have to make. After one choice we went back and looked at how things would've shaken down if we'd made a DIFFERENT choice and it was startling to see how different the consequences could be!
  
  Not the most literary writing ever but it's perfect what what it's doing.
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  Darlena Glenn

  I thought this was an interesting way to read a book with three different reading paths to take. The different points of view give you a good glimpse of the Civil War from the eyes of those who lived or died through it. This book is an easy read.
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  Bethany Stiles

  Pretty cool. How it gives you the options to choose your own paths through the story
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  Saskia

  I never survive these, but they are fun to read! Great and engaging for those who like to choose their own path in a book. :)
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  Maureen Russell

  Good way to introduce the Civil War to my 11 year old daughter. Boys would probably enjoy this one more than girls, but it still served our purpose.
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  Gabrielle

  could've been longer
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  Sasha C

  1/17/13
  
  I finished the book “The Civil War” yesterday. I didn’t really enjoy the topic of the book. But, I enjoyed the layout of the book that aloud to choose what happened. For example, if you finished page 53 then you will see that at the bottom of the page there will be a note that says “To try to take the soldier prisoner, turn to page 56”
  “To let him go, turn to page 57” I think I took the pathway of letting him go. I thought it is awesome that you can choose to take whatever pathway you want instead of just going with whatever the book says. There are many more books just like the “Civil War”
  The book also included many pictures with captions so we can all see what it looked like when they were there. I thought it was interesting looking at the pictures.
  I think that if I picked a more interesting topic, for me, then I would have liked the book a little more.
  
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  Shania Jones

  There is really no way for me to explain this book it has three story paths forty-seven choices and twenty different endings. That's right this book is about the Civil War and what was it like. Depending on the choices they give you at the bottom of every other page you read you either die and end the book early or live for victory! They give you a description on how was it back then during the mid-1800's living in a time of slavery and segregation. You learn a lot of facts based on what side you choose. The first questions they give you is Would you join the Confederates, Union, or to live as a civilian in the Union of Siege of Vicksburg? Depending on which story path you choose you will go somewhere new and fight some interesting battles. You control History now! Read the book to determine your faith on what happens in the Civil War.
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  Aidan Armas

  I loved this book.This book is a war book which made me read it but it turned out to be better then the average war book.This book is a different type of book where you get to choose what you would like to do in situations that happened in the civil war.You could choose to be 3 different people in the war a union soldier,confederate soldier,or a civillian.Since you choose your path it makes me love the book.It also has many details.Lastly, the the battles that take place in the book are accurate battles that actually happened.
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  Zack

  This was a very adventurous book. It lets you choose as if you were fighting the Civil War. It shows the results of choices. One of the things I learned is about how slave catchers set traps. I couldn't set this book down once I got started!
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  Robin

  Civil War Unit
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  Jeri

  I'm loving this choose-your-own-adventure history series!!!
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  Andrea

  This is a good book that shows different ways a book can end
  
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  Sue

  Guess I don't like I CHOOSE BOOKS.