I added a copy of this book to my classroom library before actually reading it, but finally found the time to dig into this outstanding history book! As a history teacher, I loved the visuals of the book and the fact that most of the stories were of lesser-known people and instances in our history. This is very accessible for students and I will be recommending it! It is very deserving of the accolades it has received.

What a unique, engaging, and important history book for teens and adults! The author visually interprets twenty-one topics in America history, adding names, events, and consequences often missing from current chronological textbooks. The collage-style pages illuminate the text and sustain interest for seekers and learners. As grandparent to two teenagers, I plan to purchase this volume and display it prominently to peak interest in overlooked episodes and viewpoints in the nation’s multi-faceted history. Thought-provoking!

This book is a must for any YA nonfiction collection. It's such a unique presentation of lesser discussed moments in history, and the visual presentations are immersive and compelling from page to page.

Ariel Aberg-Riger has created a visually appealing, historical reckoning that looks at our past in a cyclical timeline. I adored the colors, and choices of imagery, and felt like I learned so much about history. Her work is well-researched, factual, and nuanced. Her art elevates the words into a call to justice. Young readers will come away from this book with a recognition of past mistakes and empowerment to make the future better.

I highly suggest this book be required reading for young adults and adults of all ages. This was terrific.

I really liked the concept of covering history by topic rather than chronologically to put related events in conversation with each other, and I found the color spreads really engaging! I definitely feel like I learned things, especially about marginalized communities in America and about the influence of white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, etc. on history and present-day culture. It didn’t explore topics with much depth and glossed over some things and expected prior knowledge of others, but it’s a nice overview of some topics not found in your average history textbook that will hopefully spark teens to do more digging!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC of this novel. 5/5 stars.

I think more history books need to be told in this visual medium. This was not only stunning, but it really added to the depths of the stories told through the images and collages made from primary sources. I appreciated how this wasn't necessarily a history textbook, nor was it really a chronological history book; it tells different events in American history, and it really focuses on some unknown stories. The bibliography in the back also makes me want to go down a rabbit hole.

It was truly phenomenal, and I'm excited to see how it looks in print versus the eARC/PDF I read. I think this is not only an important read for the stories it told, but I think it opens up new ways to share history and tell stories. I'm super excited to recommend this to my students and to add it to my classroom library.

The art is stunning and the stories are a nice blend of intersectionality with stories that most teens will not have encountered.

The back matter is very thorough and sources are from a wide variety of reputable places.

I loved how visual this book was. It did a great job of taking history and showing how cyclical it can be. I liked that it didn't go chronologically, instead being organized by themes. It did feel a bit cursory in parts and I would have liked to have seen a bit more details. Still, I thought it was well done and will do a good job at grabbing the attention of teens not interested in history.

I cannot say enough about this book. The art is beautiful, the writing is lovely, and it could not be coming out at a better time in our tumultuous history. I am daily made more and more sickened by the book banning, censorship, and rewriting of history that is being carried out by people who have never been told no a single day in their lives. This book takes history and brings it to the forefront in exactly the way it happened, not the way we’re told it happened. The author teaches history the way I always taught history; like a river, one event flowing into the next flowing into the next. History is a story and it needs to be told us a story. And it’s about time that people stop leaving chapters out. That only leaves a history book that makes no sense. I liked this so much that I plan on buying a physical copy when it’s finally published because I want to be able to look back over chapters and remind myself that, although the world is slowly trying to gaslight us into believing a more positive image of history, it isn’t pretty. It isn’t nice. It isn’t inclusive. But it’s ours. And we need to own that.

A history book in the age of book panics. This is a beautiful work that tell the stories that the censors are desperately afraid of. Recommended.