Reading Reviews

 "Even children in America love cars. Some of them make their own cars and have a race called a soap box derby." (p.14)   Many unique cultures are written in this book. For example, dog surfing,demolition derby, frog jumping, and eating competition. They are very unique and crazy, but some of them have long history, so I was surprised about them. I thought these events are very popular because American people like very dynamic shows. Kocienda, G. (2014). Only in America, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

“ “The doctor  says that Ken Mattingly can’t fly with us,” said Jim. “What does this mean?” “What does this mean? You know the answer to that question. We have a big problem,” answered his boss.” (p.5) This book is the story of Apollo13. Apollo13 was the third plan of landing and walking the moon. However, an accident happened. One of the team member might had measles, and the crew of Apollo 13,  Ken Mattingly didn’t have the immunity of measles, so he lost the chance for riding it. So, Jack Swigert became the crew instead of him. But, during the mission, the tank of oxygen exploded, and the situation became worse and worse. Can they overcome it? Anastasio, D. (1995). Apollo 13. London, Pearson Education Limited