In my opinion this is a good book. I really like how the book was written in first person. While reading, you can almost feel the same excitement the little boy was experiencing while learning morse code. Although he failed the first time he took the test again "I was now a licensed operator. I had my ticket, just like Bill, and my very own call letters. They were 2AZK". I also liked the the plot and all the events that happened during his experience setting up his own station. For example, the young boy was able to notify sailors family when they were coming to shore. He was also able to save families in Miami after a destructive hurricane. The main message from this story is to teach students about an alternate form of communication before cell phones were invented. Another message, is to not give up on your dreams. Even though he failed his test once, he practiced again until he passed and was able to set up his own communication station and help multiple people. ( )

Okay, I thought this was a charming story! Enjoyed the history lesson behind it as well. The main character is a resourceful kid who persisted with learning the ham radio license material, didn't give up, and ended up having fun AND helping people with his new hobby. Has me wondering what it would take to get a ham radio license these days. (Do they still require Morse Code?) ( )

In a style very similar to Peter Spier, Lynne Marx Barasch, tells and illustrates the story of her father a young Ham radio operator. Set in 1927, she does a great job explaining communication limitations, and showing a brief history of six men who made influential discoveries related to radio communication. Beginning with Michael Faraday and going up to Lee de Forest, she drew each of the men as statues and has them describe briefly what their accomplishments meant to the history of communication. The book caught my eye because the art looked so much like Spier, I purchased it because my own son was a young ham radio operator, and received a scholarship for college from the local ham radio club. The subject might not have an extremely wide appeal, but it's a great coverage of a true story, and an honor to her father, Robert J. Marx. In telling this story in such a beautiful way, she has preserved family history and helped lots of kids have the opportunity to understand the history of communication. ( )

This was a somewhat wordy book about a ten year old boy who is obsessed with ham radios... back in the 1920s. Of course, as you could guess, he saves some lives in the end of the book, but mostly it's about the details of learning this skill back 100 years ago.

It's more interesting than I'm making it sound. ( )

Radio Rescue is about a ten year old boy in the 1920's. He is studying to be a wireless radio operator. He has to learn Morse Code. He studies hard but fails the test. He doesn't give up and studies even harder and passes the next time. He and his 17 year old friend who already has his license helps him get set up. All his studying and practice pays off when a hurricane hits Florida. Telephones are not working an he gets the message through the wireless radio that their is a family stranded on the roof of their house. He contacts the Coast Guard and the family is rescued thanks to him.

This book was more interesting to me than it was to my children. They had no idea what Morse Code was. Kids can make you feel so OLD!

I would use this book with an older group of children while studying the progress of communications. They could make a large time line to hang on the wall. As they learn about each form of communication that came along, add it to the time line. A fun thing to do with any age group would be to make phones with cans and string. Even ten year olds with cell phone would have fun.