I plucked this graphic novel from the YA reading section of my local library, and as soon as I finished I raced to Amazon.com to purchase a copy for the classroom. Brian Fies traces the history of America's fascination with the future, moving from the 1939 New York World's Fair through the moon landing, the space race, and the shuttle program, finishing with a prediction about how technology will develop into a future we could hardly have imagined. In addition to simple and appealing drawings, the author includes actual images from some of the historical events he describes. The book even contains a few "Space Age Adventures" comic books that both fit into and illuminate the action in the rest of the story. I can't wait to put this into the hands of my students!
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