Fooled You!

Fakes and Hoaxes Through the Years

Elaine Pascoe; illustrated by Laurie Keller

Henry Holt and Co.

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Hoaxes are meant to fool the world—and some people fall for them. Would you?

Crop circles. Aliens on earth. Fairies caught on film. Giant cats. What do these phenomena have in common? They are all hoaxes. Elaine Pascoe presents well-researched chapters on nearly a dozen infamous hoaxes—from the 1800s to the present—exploring the stories behind them (how they came to be as well as who instigated them) and pondering why people were so easily fooled. These tantalizing accounts hold tremendous appeal for all ages and are as much about the craftiness of perpetrators as about the gullibility of believers. Would you have been fooled? You’ll just have to read Fooled You! to find out.

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"Entertainment that encourages healthy skepticism makes this title a winner."
--School Library Journal
 
"Young readers will find both entertainment and food for thought here."
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Elaine Pascoe; illustrated by Laurie Keller

Elaine Pascoe has written many nonfiction books for young readers and has worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, and editor. She lives in Connecticut. Laurie Keller is the acclaimed author-illustrator of Do Unto Otters, Arnie, the Doughnut, The Scrambled States of America, and Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, among numerous other books for children. She earned a B.F.A. at Kendall College of Art and Design. She lives in Michigan, in a little cottage in the woods on the shore of Lake Michigan.


 

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Fooled You!
Fakes and Hoaxes Through the Years
Elaine Pascoe; illustrated by Laurie Keller

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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Henry Holt and Co.
August 2005
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780805075281
ISBN10: 0805075283
Middle-Grade Nonfiction
6 x 8 1/4 inches, 96 pages, Black-and-white illustrations throughout
Age Range: 8 to 11
Grade Range: 3 to 6 Information for Librarians

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Lexile: 900L
AR Quiz Number: 60937 EN
AR Book Level: 4.2
AR Points: 2

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