Review: History Made Fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
I enjoyed book 1 of the Wickware Sagas,Billy Cooper's Awesome Nightmare (The Wickware Sagas)I enjoyed this book as well.Penny Estelle has a knack for making history palatable for kids by having a modern day kid participate in historical events. "Ride of a Lifetime" describes the deeds of Sybil Ludington (the female Paul Revere of the Revolution).It was fast-paced, but the history came through. Miss Wickware (the obviously magical middle-school teacher) knows exactly where in time and place to send a kid to learn some history in a very fun way.I'll continue to read the Wickware Sagas as Penny Estelle writes more of them. These are great books for the middle-grade, possibly reluctant, boy reader. Girls will also like the tales mostly because they're not so danged biased about who they like as characters in a book. Boys have to be led gently along into realizing that girls can be strong, brave, and historically significant too.Disclosure: I received a free copy from the author, but I would definitely have bought the book anyway.