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Children's ✦ Penny’s Take

Henry David Thoreau

Milton Meltzer · 2006
76/100
👍 Worth It

Meltzer brings Thoreau's voice right to young readers by leaning heavily on primary-source quotes, and the back matter — chronology, sites guide, index — makes it genuinely useful as a reference beyond a single read. The encyclopedic structure may lose readers who want a propulsive narrative, but for a school library shelf or a student doing a report, this holds up well.

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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance78
craft72
originality65
accuracy80
hype75
age-fit80
human-eye74
Penny’s verdict76
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