Most often, kids books about mysterious events or cryptids either present these ideas as truth or at least heavily imply that they could be true. This one falls more into the realm of skepticism. It's not that Hulick states flat out that Atlantis could not exist, just that it's highly unlikely. It's not that the Nazca Lines couldn't have been sign posts for aliens, just that other explanations are more plausible. That's the approach Hulick takes here: what are the details of this event; what do people believe about it; what do science and history tell us; what conclusions can we most sensibly draw. Hulick is not completely dismissing these ideas but is encouraging Occam's Razor. She's teaching young readers to think critically and consider that evidence for a story, providing skills for them to build upon when they encounter suspicious studies when they're older
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