Outta this world

Aliens Are Coming by Meghan McCarthy

The true account of the 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast.

It was an ordinary night in October of 1938 until a news bulletin interrupted dance music on CBS radio - aliens were invading the United States. Meghan McCarthy's hilarious The Aliens Are Coming tells the true story of the Halloween prank that duped much of the country into believing the martians had invaded. The book uses excerpts from the actual War of the Worlds broadcast and includes information about the importance of radios in the 1930's (before the time of television and computers) as well as facts about Orson Wells and H.G. Wells, author of the novel on which the broadcast was based.

This one is fun as well as informative. It could make a terrific book project.

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