Pripyat: The Chernobyl Ghost Town

by Lisa Owings

Overview

Most people in Pripyat never expected the day to come when they’d have to flee for their lives. The Soviet Union boasted about the safety of the nuclear city. But in 1986, one of the town’s nuclear reactors exploded and released deadly radiation. This title explains the Chernobyl accident for curious readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626176973
Publisher:	Torque
Publication date:	01/28/2018
Series:	Abandoned Places Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

Table of Contents

Enter at Your Own Risk 4

The Ninth Nuclear City 8

Pripyat, Before 12

Disaster at Chernobyl 18

Glossary 22

To Learn More 23

Index 24

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2017
Gr 3–6—Photographs are the standout element in this set, which takes readers to the ghostly remains of deserted places. The images include both panoramic shots and detailed close-ups. Each chapter is about five pages in length, and introduces the topic location, how and why it was settled, an account of its heyday, reasons for its eventual abandonment, and contemporary efforts to understand and/or preserve it. Some locations are well-known, but most will be new to readers, which is a plus. This set taps into people's ongoing fascination with the remains of the past and shows readers the often fleeting nature of settled locations. VERDICT For all elementary and middle schools.

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