Review: History Made Fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2012
Billy Cooper has a full weekend of baseball, movies, and fishing, but 7th grade History teacher, Miss Wickware, has more cerebral plans in mind. Her students have to present a short oral report on a famous historical figure drawn from a hat. Billy picks William Tell. Who is William Tell?In Penny Estelle's short novella, Billy Cooper's Awesome Nightmare, Billy finds out who William Tell was with hands on experience as the young teen is transported back in time to 14th Century Switzerland.With an easy-to-read writing style and a sense of humor to boot, Estelle brings the legendary Tell to life in a way that makes learning history fun.Michael Thal is the author of the Legend of Koolura.