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The Century That Was
Reflections on the Last One Hundred Years
By Giblin, James
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68982-281-0
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books For Young Readers, c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2000
Gr 6-10 Eleven thought-provoking essays written by well-known children's authors explore the myriad changes that the U.S. saw in the 20th century. Some approaches are personal, such as Lois Lowry's account of women's fashions worn by six generations of her family or Katherine Paterson's comparison of her minister father's conservative Christianity to her own more liberal faith. Others are more general historical pieces, such as Russell Freedman's discussion of Jules Verne's and H. G. Wells's predictions for the cen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
