Review by Booklist Review
Books about the Bermuda Triangle usually appear in series about history's mysteries, but this book is part of the Robbie Reader--Natural Disasters series. But even if the text suggests natural causes for the disappearance of ships and planes in the geographic triangle bordered by Puerto Rico, Bermuda, and Miami, the book starts off with the seemingly improbable disappearance of five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers in 1945. It then goes on to chronicle other planes and ships that vanished. A penultimate chapter offers several supernatural explanations (wormholes, aliens) as well as some scientific answers that include storms and lost planes that ran out of gas. Most interesting is the theory about methane gas bubbles that can envelop a ship in an instant. The color pictures are small and generic, but the topic will draw many readers. A glossary, a chronology, and a short source list are appended. --Ilene Cooper Copyright 2007 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-6-Each of these books offers a rather simplistic look at its topic. The dry, poorly organized texts are liberally larded with generally small illustrations, mainly in color. Possibly unfamiliar words are highlighted. Children will be better served by the elegancies of Caroline Arnold's Easter Island: Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Rich and Tragic Past (Clarion) and Andrew Donkin's more visually appealing Bermuda Triangle (DK, both 2000).-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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