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245 12 a| A dangerous idea :b| the Scopes trial, the original fight over science in schools /c| Debbie Levy.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Bloomsbury Children's Books,c| 2025.;

300 a| 278 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The drugstore plan -- The real target -- Clarence and Will -- Boy orator of the Platte -- "Whatever degrades another degrades me" -- Two tall men, talking -- Proofs and perversions -- Darwinism goes to school -- Better to destroy -- "What are mothers to do" -- The road to Dayton -- The circus comes to town -- In the beginning -- To strangle puppies -- Prayers and chairs -- Four witnesses and a textbook -- Speechless -- The greatest speech -- Something brand new -- Any question they please -- I am not afraid -- Verdicts -- Afterlives and legends -- A victory -- The evolution of everything.;

520 a| "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. A narrative nonfiction book on the Scopes Monkey Trial"--c| Provided by publisher.;

521 1 a| Ages 10-14b| Bloomsbury Children's Books.;

521 2 a| Grades 4-7;

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650 0 a| Educational law and legislationz| United Statesv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A2253;

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A dangerous idea : the Scopes trial, the original fight over science in schools / Debbie Levy.

Author/creator	Levy, Debbie author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc. --Juvenile literature. Evolution (Biology)--Study and teaching. --United States. --History. --Juvenile literature. Biology--United States. --Textbooks. --History. Biology publishing--United States. --History. --Juvenile literature. Religion and science--United States. --History. --Juvenile literature. Educational law and legislation--United States. --Juvenile literature.

Contents	The drugstore plan -- The real target -- Clarence and Will -- Boy orator of the Platte -- "Whatever degrades another degrades me" -- Two tall men, talking -- Proofs and perversions -- Darwinism goes to school -- Better to destroy -- "What are mothers to do" -- The road to Dayton -- The circus comes to town -- In the beginning -- To strangle puppies -- Prayers and chairs -- Four witnesses and a textbook -- Speechless -- The greatest speech -- Something brand new -- Any question they please -- I am not afraid -- Verdicts -- Afterlives and legends -- A victory -- The evolution of everything.
Abstract	"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. A narrative nonfiction book on the Scopes Monkey Trial"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Interest age level	Ages 10-14 Bloomsbury Children's Books.
Interest grade level	Grades 4-7
Issued in other form	Online version: Levy, Debbie. Dangerous idea New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025 9781547612222
Genre/form	Juvenile works.
Genre/form	Trials, litigation, etc.
Genre/form	Informational works.
Genre/form	Illustrated works.
LCCN	2024035078
ISBN	9781547612215 hardcover
ISBN	1547612215 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

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