Area 51

For years, people have passed around tales about a secret government base in the Nevada desert, with stories of UFOs and alien experiments. This book asks how much of that, if any, is true. It traces the history of these legends and the real events that helped fuel them.

Maps, labeled pictures, and infographics sit alongside short passages of text that explain the background of the stories. The text is leveled for early readers and encourages them to think critically about what they hear and read.

Definitions for difficult words appear on the same page as the words, and the back of the book includes a table of contents, a glossary with pronunciations, further resources, and an index. It is a nonfiction title for beginning readers.