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Top Secret Files: World War II: Spies, Secret Missions, and Hidden Facts from World War II
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Spy school, poison pens, exploding muffins, and Night Witches were all a part of World War II, but you won't learn that in your history books! Crack open secret files and read about the mysterious Ghost Army, rat bombs, and doodle bugs. Discover famous spies like the White Mouse, super-agent Garbo, and baseball player and spy, Moe Berg. Then build your own secret agent kit and create a spy code. It's all part of the true stories from the Top Secret Files of History. Take a look if you dare, but be careful! Some secrets are meant to stay hidden...
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A nifty little book with some things I'd heard about and others I'd not (Muffin & Rat Bombs). Easy to read, long enough to stir your interest, with activities you can work on with your kids or possibly a history class you're taking, and cause a reader to look for a more in-depth book on any of stories included. Very enjoyable little book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this book. True that Stephanie Bearce gears this book toward the Elementry and Middle School crowd but it has a lot that will interest older readers as well. My Dad, who was in WWII, described the sound of the Doodlebugs flying overhead. Stephanie provides a nice article telling what these are and how deadly they were. The articles describing various Allied spys are another highlight of the book. Baseball player Moe Berg, Double Agent Garbo, and Josephine Baker are just a few. Great pains went into deceiving the enemy with full size inflatable tanks, fake army camps, and camouflaged cities and factories. It is amazing to read how Hollywood set makers aided in pulling off these charades. There are also stories of experimental weapons such as Rat Bombs, Bat Bombs, Muffin Bombs and Sun Guns. This book is a gold mine of information you never knew about WWII. There are also projects for younger readers such as Making a Book Safe or a Ballpoint Pen Message Holder. Building a Glider is also included. There is also the Code Talkers Challenge. Stephanie has also included a nice Bibliography of printed material and also Web Sites for more information. This book is a great book for any reader. Teachers should also have this book in their tool chest as well.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This new book by Stephanie Bearce is a fun-filled adventure into the espionage and intrigue that went on behind the scenes during the second world war, and that led into the full on spy games that dominated the Cold War era. It looks at some of the techniques, missions, and personalities that helped to bring the war to its' successful conclusion. Anecdotes about unusual weapons that never made it beyond the testing phase (e.g. the "Vortex Gun") are also fascinating little footnotes of history that don't typically make their way into the conventional history books.All in all, it's a exciting read that whisks the reader back in time and makes WW II come alive, introducing it to a new generation of schoolchildren who will find it just as interesting and engrossing as we did.Two thumbs up!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Top Secret Files: World War II by Stephanie Bearce is a fact filled book about spies, secret missions and other interesting and little known information about World War II. The book is written in sections, such as Secret Spy School and Missions, and covers a variety of topics. There are activities at the end of some parts covering everything from building your own spy school obstacle course to hiding secret messages to learning to decode messages. There is a lot to do with this book!I like this book and learned several things about the war that I did not know. I think the target age group would enjoy doing the activities and reading about real life spies and facts about what happened behind the scenes during the war to protect life and country. I read several sections to my own family, including Hollywood's roles in the war, the Night Witches, and about some of the people who we did not know were spies. Of course, because it is so fact filled, many sections can't go into great detail, but I think it is enough for children to spark their interest and there is a bibliography of books and websites for further research. In all, a very enjoyable and educational read!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This little book on secret missions and spies that helped the Allies win WWII is delightful. It's perfect for an older elementary school student or a middle school student who enjoys history. Actually, even those without an expressed interest in history will find this entertaining and engaging. Not only are there stories and facts included in the book, but activities for kids to practice spy activities. These activities include things like making a fingerprint kit and collecting fingerprints, and setting up an obstacle course to practice evasive maneuvers (under adult supervision of course). I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the others in the series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fascinating, riveting, true stories that will leave you wanting more. It was written for a younger reader, but I still enjoyed reading it. I would most certainly recommend it to a young person who had any interest in history.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Even though this is a childs book, I enjoyed it immensely. The short stories gave me tidbits of info that I never knew. It was very informative of alot of unknown happenings and how secrets could be kept for many years.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Author Stephanie Bearce has hit another home run with this fascinating compilation of sidebar facts,(Barefoot Boots, Death by Noise, and Operation Sardine were my personal favorites) articles,(Ghost Army and The White Mouse kept me on the edge of my seat)and projects kids can make for themselves. Teachers: you need this book!
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