Most kids go through a phase where they have a fascination with this sort of thing. It's the age where we become obsessed with the Guinness Book of Records, Ripley's Believe It or Not, and is probably adjacent to a love of horror. So this book fits neatly into that field of interest. It's a collection of historical oddities, either proven or rumored, with an emphasis on the macabre. The author includes what is known to be true and what is only rumor. The tone is almost gleeful, so this is more of an amusement than a truly informative text. Still it's bound to scratch an itch for young readers.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley
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