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lucysreading's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.25
shaundell's review
3.0
Raid of No Return is Nathan Hale's seventh graphic novel dealing with history. I learned so much about this important bombing trip to Japan that occurred before the dropping of the atomic bombs, which ended the war. A movie was made about this event, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo and a display was created for the courageous men who served on this mission.
Graphic novels are always so interesting to me because the artists have to re-create the details in the pictures. I find myself getting so caught up in the reading that I often forget to look at the pictures. Nathan Hale is one talented illustrator and writer!
A Sand Ridge Battle of the Books book 2018.
Graphic novels are always so interesting to me because the artists have to re-create the details in the pictures. I find myself getting so caught up in the reading that I often forget to look at the pictures. Nathan Hale is one talented illustrator and writer!
A Sand Ridge Battle of the Books book 2018.
kelleemoye's review
4.0
The Hazardous Tales series is the series I use when kids say that nonfiction is boring AND when teachers say that graphic novels aren’t complex because this series, and this book, is complex, interesting, well crafted, funny, and just everything you’d want from any book, much less a nonfiction graphic novel.
And I am so happy to have a World War II Tale because so many students ask for it, and this is a new story for me, so I know it’ll be new for my students as well. Also, I think this specific mission will lead to many discussions because the idea of volunteering for a deadly mission is something that so many of my students struggle to understand because it isn’t something that they need to even consider, so to look at these men’s decision-making and willingness to fight for their country.
Full review with teaching tools: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=17047
And I am so happy to have a World War II Tale because so many students ask for it, and this is a new story for me, so I know it’ll be new for my students as well. Also, I think this specific mission will lead to many discussions because the idea of volunteering for a deadly mission is something that so many of my students struggle to understand because it isn’t something that they need to even consider, so to look at these men’s decision-making and willingness to fight for their country.
Full review with teaching tools: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=17047
maryehavens's review
3.0
I thought this particular tale would only involve Pearl Harbor but it was really about a specific mission that I never heard of before. It was amazing hearing all of the different moving parts to get the mission going. I’ve just recently been interested in military strategy, largely due to these tales. I’m just amazed. Hale did great work detailing this event. It was almost too small scale though and I think covering a few missions would have been helpful. It’s like the WWI one was too expansive and this was too narrow. Still great but a bit narrow.
Can’t wait for more Hazardous Tales!!!
Can’t wait for more Hazardous Tales!!!
sqeeker's review
4.0
- I'm a Hazardous Tales fan, and this is now one of my favorites in the series.
- The story and characters were a little more serious, and I really appreciated that. I enjoy the silliness, but it can get too silly sometimes.
- I didn't know about this mission to Japan. I really enjoy learning new things about history, and I like that Nathan Hale tells history in fun ways.
- The story and characters were a little more serious, and I really appreciated that. I enjoy the silliness, but it can get too silly sometimes.
- I didn't know about this mission to Japan. I really enjoy learning new things about history, and I like that Nathan Hale tells history in fun ways.
sandy_dunes's review
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
tense
fast-paced
4.75
Yet another amazing NHHT work! Admittedly this was a tad dark towards the end and it was more difficult than usual for me to keep track of characters, but the storytelling is still immersive and the historical elements were very well-implemented!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and War
Minor: Torture
heatherbermingham's review
5.0
If we ever cross paths in real life, stop me and ask me about this series of historical graphic novels and I will rave endlessly about how smart and funny they are, how they perfectly mix learning and entertainment, how the narrators address the needs of struggling readers and higher level thinkers, and how Hale really creatively uses the format to do things you just couldn't do in a straight text. I didn't know a ton of detail about the Doolittle raid so I actually learned quite a bit from the volume.