Real-Life Mysteries & Disasters: Deadly Facts, Amazing Evidence, and the True Stories Behind 22 Incredible Events

Gr 4-7–A nonfiction text featuring 11 popular mysteries and historical disasters, this book explores well-known mysteries like Bigfoot, ghosts, and deep-sea monsters, as well as lesser-known cases such as the mystery of ‘the missing lighthouse men’. The disaster section dives into the Titanic, the Black Death, and the extinction of dinosaurs. After information about the event is given, ‘Case Files’ and ‘Disaster Dossier’ sections are included to explain what we already know about the topic. Designed to resemble a bulletin board and a file folder, respectively, the information on these pages is presented in various boxes, accompanied by illustrations, multiple headings, captions, diagrams, and other text features. This makes these pages very busy visually, and readers may feel overwhelmed with the information presented. As a high interest topic, readers will still pick up this title, but there are many other options available with a more visually appealing layout. A bibliography is not included.