Archives of the Unexplained: Area 51 by Steve Foxe, A Graphic Novel

Rating: Needs Minor Parent Supervision

Reading Level: Late Elementary, Middle School

A history of Area 51 and alleged UFO sightings. Skeptics and believers in aliens will most likely both be disappointed with how the author takes a moderate stance on whether aliens exist.

Possible Concerns:

• Aliens, both in the fictional story narrative and in the alleged historical recounting.
• Missing Children. A picture of two faces on a milk carton and the suggestion that the missing children were fed to aliens.
• Government cover ups. The government is definitely not portrayed as being faultless. Coverups, conspiracy…
• References to cancer in the nuclear war aftermath.
• Lying your mother. The bit pretends he’s sick & stays in the bathroom to read