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Aliens are coming! : the true account of the 1938 War of the worlds radio broadcast Cover Image Book

Aliens are coming! : the true account of the 1938 War of the worlds radio broadcast / Meghan McCarthy.

McCarthy, Meghan, (author.).

Summary:

Recounts the night before Halloween in 1938 when Orson Welles narrated a radio version of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" and the ensuing panic around the country when radio listeners believed that the country was being invaded by Martians.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375835180
  • ISBN: 0375935185
  • ISBN: 0385736789
  • ISBN: 9780375935183
  • ISBN: 9780385736787
  • ISBN: 9780606123556
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2006]

Content descriptions

Citation/References Note:
Booklist, 2/1/2006
Horn Book Magazine, 7/2006
Kirkus Review, 2/15/2006
Publisher's Weekly, 1/9/2006
School Library Journal, 4/2006
Target Audience Note:
AD690L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4 0.5 106023.

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War of the worlds (Radio program) > Juvenile literature.

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Madison Main Library J 791.44 MCC (Text) 30229100437143 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Haynes Branch Library J 791.44 McC (Text) 38801101053350 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Haywood County Main Library J791.44 McCarthy (Text) 33115006491895 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Henderson Main Branch J791.44 M (Text) 33258005317321 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
High Point Library E FIC McCarthy Meghan (Text) 30519007623872 Easy Fiction Available -
Lee County Main Library J791.44M (Text) 33262002768270 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Locust Branch Library J 791.44 McC (Text) 31011000051896 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Mocksville J791.4472 MCCARTHY (Text) 39872001247409 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Montgomery County Public Library J 791.44 M (Text) 38198000245603 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Mountains Branch Library J 791.44 McC (Text) 38801101053368 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
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