Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Lafayette
Keith Brandt · 1997
62/100
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Lafayette is an underexplored figure in American history education, and Brandt's accessible biography fills a real gap for elementary students doing school reports. The problem is a 1997 publication date with no new scholarship and a thin critical record — the Troll Associates series was workhorse curriculum material, not literary standouts. Functional for the classroom, but not a title to seek out over newer or richer biographies of the same subject.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety90
substance58
craft55
originality50
accuracy62
hype60
age-fit78
human-eye55
Penny’s verdict62
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