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Che Guevara
Political Activist & Revolutionary John D. Rockefeller
By BODDEN, Valerie & HAMEN, Susan E. & VANDER HOOK, Sue
- ISBN
- 978-1-61714-780-7
- Publisher
- ABDO
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7–11—There is a lot to entice readers in the story of a privileged boy growing up in an intellectual, eccentric family who becomes one of the most iconic revolutionaries of the 20th century. Bodden's biography, however, feels incomplete. Full chapters are devoted to Guevara's childhood and his summer trips around South America as a college student, providing context for his eventual transformation into a Communist rebel, but the coverage of his later experiences in Africa and Bolivia is somewhat sketchy. Also, readers never gain ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
These series entries, with straightforward writing and frequent sidebars, vary in quality. <i>Hitler</i> contains some startling generalizations (e.g., "European citizens were becoming indifferent to the plight of the Jews"); <i>Gu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
