Books like this one are of vital importance We absolutely need to empower young people to recognize the validity of information they encounter. They need tools to evaluate headlines and news stories. Grant breaks it down in three sections: recognizing warning signs, verifying sources, and well know cases of misinformation. He makes it a point to differentiate between misleading data, bad science, and outright lies. He also provides the reader with ways to find the original study and evaluate the science that lead to the conclusion. If we find an error in one element, we know to be more suspicious of the rest of the steps. Personally, I could have done with fewer case studies, but the information in the first half is valuable enough that I'm still eager to get this book to young readers.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley.
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