Death of a Dreamer by Alison Behnke - ADVISABLE

Behnke, Alison Marie Death of a Dreamer: the assassination of John Lennon, 112 p. Twenty First Century (Lerner), 2013.  $32.  Content: G (while there is some depiction of infidelity, and of the murder, nothing is graphic).  

Behnke does an excellent job of detailing Lennon’s rise to fame with the Beatles and his subsequent career after the band’s end, and then detailing the life of the man who became Lennon’s assassin, on through the aftermath of Lennon’s death.  While there is not enough material here to use it as a single biographical source, the material is compelling and would work well in an active non-fiction collection.  

MS, HS – ADVISABLE.  Cindy, Library Teacher