Books in You Choose: Modern History series

It’s the 1950s and 1960s, and the United States and Soviet Union are in a race to be the first to reach the moon. Will you: Participate in the space race as a young scientist working on early rocket technology? Experience the space race as a reporter following space “firsts” in both the Soviet Union and the United States? Work as a member of Mission Control during the 1969 moon landing? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to opportunity, to glory, to shattered dreams, or even to death.

It’s a great way to keep in touch with your friends 24/7 even if they live thousands of miles away! But the social network can also expose your life to others in a way you’d never dreamed could happen. Will you: Be a college student who designs a social media site that has the potential to make you a millionaire? Work for a government agency that develops a computer program to monitor people’s social network activity? Join a school club that uses social media to spread its message but can also use it to hurt and bully others? Experience situations taken from real life. YOU CHOOSE what you’ll do next. The choices you make will either lead you to success or to failure.

It’s the 1800s, and you are a child from a poor family. You have to go to work to keep from starving. Will you: Work as a pauper apprentice in an English factory? Emigrate from Ireland in order to work in the New England cloth mills? Make your living on the streets of New York City selling newspapers? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to opportunity, to wealth, to poverty, or even to death.

In the early 1900s, adults hoped to find parents for homeless city children by sending them west on trains. Most of these children had no idea whether they would find kind adoptive families or be forced to work like slaves. Will you: • Head west after living on the streets of New York City? • Search for a home for you and your three younger siblings? • Try to care for yourself and your baby sister on your own?

It’s 1915 and the Lusitania is set to sail from New York on its 202nd Atlantic crossing. But this will be a dangerous trip, as German U-boats lurk beneath the surface. Will you: Experience the journey as an American boy traveling in second class to England with his family? Travel first class as a young woman on her honeymoon? Work as an American sailor hired to serve on the ship? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to opportunity, to adventure, or even to death.

The war in Afghanistan is the longest war the United States has ever fought. It’s a tough war against a loosely organized and unpredictable enemy. How will you defend your country? Will you: Serve on an Army Ranger rescue team during the Battle of Takur Ghar? Protect a supply convoy as a member of the National Guard? Fight as a Marine aiding the Army Special Forces during Operation Moshtarak? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to survival or to death.

It’s 1863, and the Civil War has torn apart the United States. For two years, the Confederacy and the Union have battled over slavery and states’ rights. Will you: Fight for the Union at the Battle of Gettysburg? OR… Serve with Stonewall Jackson as a Confederate soldier at the Battle of Chancellorsville? OR… Try to survive the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, as a civilian?