* The Boston Globe: “succinct, powerful, playful, provocative.”
* Publishers Weekly: “jaunty!”
* Kirkus: “a provocative illumination of the nooks and crannies of a document that citizens have come to take for granted.”
* Booklist: the “inclusion of liberal and conservative objections make for a fair case about the need to examine and update this founding document.”
* Washington Post: “smartly spotlights the living document’s relevance to presidential impeachment, a peaceful transition of White House power and other modern concerns.”
* Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books: “when they reach the concluding exercise in grading the Constitution and their own debate…readers will be prepared to chip in their own two cents“.
Here is what readers have said about the text version of Fault Lines in the Constitution:
* “Opinionated, may be controversial, but should spark a national dialogue about our Constitution and the nation’s future.” Dan Rather
* “…an excellent introduction to the strengths and weaknesses of our founding document and especially enlightening for those who don’t yet understand how our government is supposed to work.” Laurie Halse Anderson
* “This provocative and fascinating book brought the Constitution to life for me… I wish every student in America would read it.” Tony-nominated Heidi Schreck
* “I have been doing teacher workshops in history for over a quarter century, and I can say–with no exaggeration–that Fault Lines in the Constitution is by far the best book I have ever encountered on the Constitution for teachers.” Robert Cohen, Professor of Social Studies, New York University
* “A triumph…Requisition a classroom set of this bombshell and watch the children’s minds crack open.” Dale Lyles, former media specialist and classroom teacher
* “Throw out the high school textbooks and put this outstanding book in the hands of the next generation!” The Booklist Reader
