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I bought this for my middle school children in the hope that it would bring history to life for them. As it happened, the purchase was timely (although a big before the recent events in Cuba). I devoured it, remembering things from my childhood. As a true mash-up of genres sprinkling 1st person narrative with news reports and actual photos from this era, I believe it would keep virtually anyone engaged. Regrettably, we haven't moved much past a fear of doomsday scenarios as a culture, so there is a sad relevance here.

It is on the list for my children to read, and that will prove to be the first test. I'm looking forward to reading the other two in the series.


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Countdown Deborah Wiles Books Reviews

Story Good but it looks like it was scanned directly out of book. Hard to page forward, print small, when expanding lose place and jumps chapters. Will not download from Scholastic again. Very difficult to maneuver.
April Wallace
Great condition
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK! I happened upon this book at my local library. I brought my children there for a storytime and I picked up COUNTDOWN while I waited simply because it was the nearest book. The first few pages were so engaging I signed it out. By the time I was done it felt like 11 year old Franny was my best friend. I told all my book loving friends and family to read it. Now I have bought myself a copy to read over and over, and for my girls to read when they are old enough.
For wife. A fabulous look into the 60's and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Is more than a book as it shows actual pieces or pictures from that era. It brings an understanding to that time that is not available through school teaching.
Riveting and engrossing book about being an eleven-year-old American girl in 1962. There are so many interesting layers to this book! Deborah Wiles starts with fantastic characters that so represent the the times but she does such a good job that you empathize instead of seeing them as stereotypes. Franny Chapman is the typical middle child suffering through 5th grade. She feels invisible to her family and always thinks she is in trouble, an afterthought, and a failure. Wiles does a great job painting her family - dad a pilot stationed at Andrews Air Force base, her mom the dutiful military wife (complete with bridge-playing luncheons and gold-painted decks of cards), older sister who starts college but has a hope chest filled with tableclothes, napkins, etc. (yep a trouseau for some time in the future when she gets married even though she has no boyfriend), a great-uncle who is perhaps suffering from the beginnings of Alzheimer's and obsesses about building a fallout shelter, and a younger brother who carries around Disney's "Our Friend the Atom" book and wants to be an astronaut.

The setting is perfect American suburbia - they all walk to the neighborhood school, friends are those that live in the subdivision, they ride bikes, love McDonald's (it is brand new) and watch The Wonderful World of Disney, listen to 45s on record players, and want penny loafers instead of Buster Browns. Add to this backdrop the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it impacted kids and you have a wonderful story.

Wiles does so much more though by interspersing historical notes and snipits into the story. The book opens with black and white pictures of a mushroom cloud, civil defense posters, the moon, and Koufax, as well as quotes by Kennedy and Khrushchev, James Meredith, Koufax, and the moon. The book is a wonderful history lesson about a incredible turbulent time in our social history. Wiles writes engaging prose and these historical notes seem more like hypertext links than excerpts from social studies texts, and will appeal to young readers who are use to blended information resources.

Wiles manages to capture the uncertainty of the times and paces it well with the uncertainty that Franny faces in her life as she tries to navigate the social strata of 5th grade. It was a very interesting and fascinating read. Can't wait to hear what kids think of this book.
I was hesitant to read Countdown as I thought it sounded a little too contrived, but I was very wrong. I could relate to the young teen protagonist who was just beginning to understand all of the frightening events happening in the world in the early 60's. I could feel how the events were upsetting her sense of her world being safe and happy for all. I also loved the references to the music of the time. I sang the songs in my head as I read. I recommended my students log on to Pandora as they read it, so they could hear the songs and connect the lyrics to the events in the story. The news headlines and photos make the events more real.
I originally posted this as a 3-star review because I had not finished the book...because I bought the version and it is a disaster on the . It is nearly impossible to see the graphic material. You are not allowed to change font size as you normally can in your , and the print is very very small (I don't even have bad eyes). The graphics work better in landscape mode on a phone or tablet but the font size is still an issue and cannot be changed (zooming creates a different issue). It's basically unreadable on a device. I did, however, manage to read it on my iPad, locked horizontally, using the app.

Now that I have read it, I enjoyed the book itself. You will particularly enjoy it if you were born between the early 50's and late 60's. It will make you say "My family did that! I didn't know everyone did that!"
I bought this for my middle school children in the hope that it would bring history to life for them. As it happened, the purchase was timely (although a big before the recent events in Cuba). I devoured it, remembering things from my childhood. As a true mash-up of genres sprinkling 1st person narrative with news reports and actual photos from this era, I believe it would keep virtually anyone engaged. Regrettably, we haven't moved much past a fear of doomsday scenarios as a culture, so there is a sad relevance here.

It is on the list for my children to read, and that will prove to be the first test. I'm looking forward to reading the other two in the series.