Pripyat: The Chernobyl Ghost Town

I saw a 5th grade teacher post about this book and thought it was an informational chapter book but it is really an early reader of just 24 pages. It has lots of engaging photos and interesting facts complete with a glossary, timeline, photo captions as you would expect from a non-fiction text. Howe......more

I am very fascinated with the Chernobyl disaster and how it affected the newly formed city of Pripyat. This book is a quick way for young readers to learn about what happened without too much of the gritty details. Very nice photos help tell the story.......more

My first exposure to the Torque series by Scholastic. Definitely going to investigate the other Abandoned Places books in the series to see if this is something I would want to add to our collection. Seems like a great series to spark further investigation for kids 3rd-5th grade.......more

This a 24 page book for children about the town abandoned because of a nuclear disaster. There are a lot of quality photos, and the reader is left with the strange feeling that one gets from looking at a place where thousands people used to live and then, had to leave with only a few hours notice, a......more