Library Intern Book Reviews
Review of Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
City
New York, New York, United States of America
Date of Publication
2009
ISBN
9781416950462
Date of Review
2012
Disciplines
Library and Information Science | Modern Literature
Keywords
Children's literature, reviews
Recommended Citation
Aho, Michael, "Review of Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca" (2012). Library Intern Book Reviews. 64.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/intern_book_reviews/64
Review
This book was very educational, as well as entertaining. The plot narrates the journey of Apollo 11 and the first landing n the moon from lift off to their landing. While it avoids many of the technical details, it communicates what it was like traveling through space, landing on the moon, and the details of what it the moon was like. In the back, Brian Floca provides a longer, more detailed account of the process for the more mature readers and those reading to a younger audience. While it’s written for a very young audience, the narration was very informative, particularly in light of such an advanced subject as space travel. The illustrations are weak and the narrative tone is rather flat; however, the book is a great introductory read for young readers on what it’s like to travel in space such as eating or sleeping with no gravity. On the whole, the book is a good starting book for those who show interest in science or space travel and even could teach its more mature readers some details they might not have known before. Optional Purchase. Reviewed by Michael Aho, Library Intern, Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio