Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America
By Gail Jarrow
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By Gail Jarrow
Hardcover edition
Publisher Boyds Mills Press Imprint Calkins Creek ISBN9781629797762
Awards and Honors 2019 Sibert Award Honor <br> 2019 Golden Kite Award Honor, Non-Fiction for Older Readers <br> ALSC Notable Children's Books - 2019 <br> <i>CCBC Choices</i> 2019 Choice: Historical People, Places, and Events <br> ILA Children's Choices - 2019 <br> MRLS Cream of the Crop - 2019 <br> <i>Booklist</i> Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth - 2018 <br> <i>School Library Journal</i> Best Books - 2018 <br> BCCB Blue Ribbons - 2018 <br> <i>Nonfiction Detectives</i> Best Nonfiction - 2018Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America
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On October 30, 1938, thousands of Americans heard H. G. Wells's infamous War of the Worlds broadcast and at first panicked, thinking that aliens had invaded Earth. The angry public’s reaction sparked a national discussion about fake news, propaganda, and the role of radio.
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