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Turning Point: The Story of the D-Day Landings
Written by Michael Burgan
Narrated by Various Narrators
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About this audiobook
In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a selection of people who experienced the D-Day invasion.
Author
Michael Burgan
Michael Burgan has written more than 250 books for children and young adults. His specialty is history, with an emphasis on biography. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in history, Burgan is also a produced playwright and the editor of The Biographer’s Craft, the newsletter for Biographers International Organization. He first started writing for children as an editor at Weekly Reader before beginning his freelance career in 1994. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Reviews for Turning Point
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The narrator was wooden and there were irritating pauses which made it hard to listen to