Fad Mania!

by Cynthia Overbeck Bix

College students crammed into phone booths. Couples dancing until they drop. Daredevils swallowing one live goldfish after another. Streakers dashing naked down the street. Planking and flash mobs and robotic pets. These are just some of the crazy fads that have caught hold in the United States over the last century. Where do these ideas come from and why do they catch people's imagination? Fads reflect the mood and spirit of a particular time, and...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467710342
• ISBN13: 9781467710343
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary