Army Night Stalkers

July 1, 2013

Gr 3-4-Readers may enjoy the staged-looking photos in these three titles, but the content is very limited. Each volume consists of three short chapters and back matter. Full-page or full-spread photos are accompanied by brief paragraphs of text and an occasional box that contain facts such as, "A Night Stalker completes about 100 hours of training with night-vision goggles." Statements such as "Marines in a MEU need weapons" are not very informative. Understandably, the photography in Night Stalkers is dark, but images throughout the volumes can be dark, fuzzy, and/or oddly cropped. The glossaries, resources lists, and indexes are printed in red and/or white text on dark backgrounds, making them difficult to read. These military units may be special, but these titles are not. Capstone's "American Special Ops" is a superior series.-Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS

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