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Dangerous idea : the Scopes trial, the original fight over science in schools
Author: Levy, Debbie

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books (2025)

Dewey: 345
Classification: Nonfiction
Physical Description: 278 p., ill., 25 cm

BTSB No: 567541

ISBN: 9781547612215

Ages: 10-14

Grades: 5-9

Subjects:
Scopes, John Thomas -- Trials, litigation, etc
Evolution -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History
Biology -- United States -- Textbooks -- History
Religion -- United States -- History
Education -- United States

Price: $24.68

Summary:
In 1925, when Tennesse lawmakers banned the teaching of evolution in public schools, teacher John Scopes challenged the law--and set off a gripping circus of a legal battle. Two masterminds faced off in court in a blistering debate over creationism and natural selection.

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (11/15/24)
   School Library Journal (+) (01/01/25)
   Booklist (+) (12/01/25)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/01/25)
The Hornbook (+) (00/01/25)

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