The Unabomber by Bryan Denson - ADVISABLE

The Unabomber (FBI Files) by Bryan Denson, 162 pages. NON-FICTION. Roaring Book Press (Macmillan), 2019, $7.

Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: PG; Violence PG

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

After nearly two decades of seemingly random bombings, the demented genius known as the Unabomber was finally apprehended.  Hours of manpower went into finding the man whose bombs left three people dead and another twenty-three injured.  FBI agents engaged in a race against time with the Unabomber, whose bombs were becoming increasingly more sophisticated and deadly, and who left few clues.  

Denson weaves a reader friendly account of the manhunt that discovered who the Unabomber was and how he was apprehended.  As a journalist, Denson’s dialogue in the book comes from newspaper articles, records, and live interviews, capturing the immediacy of the search and the turning point that helped the FBI locate him.  Short, concise, and well researched, I loved this book and look forward to more books in this series.  

Michelle in the Middle