You Can't Read This: Forbidden Books, Lost Writing, Mistranslations, and Codes

by Val Ross

Book Overview

Wherever people can read, there are stories about the magic, mystery, and power of what they read. Val Ross presents a history of reading that is, in fact, the story of the monumental, on-going... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088776732X
• ISBN13: 9780887767326
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended not just for kids, but for all ages

Where ever people read there are tales of the magic and power of their reading: Val Ross charts these stories in YOU CAN'T READ THIS: FORBIDDEN BOOKS, LOST WRITING, MISTRANSLATIONS AND CODES. While it's written for kids ages 10 and older, it's reviewed here because its far-reaching survey of different kinds of reading, secret writing, destroyed libraries, and censorship have plenty of insights on the power of the written word: a power many an adult should be well aware of. A fascinating survey of the texts which contain power, and how they translate it, evolves in a book highly recommended not just for kids, but for all ages. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch