Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities

True Stories of False Identities

Illustrated by Paul Hoppe
Ebook
On sale Apr 14, 2011 | 144 Pages | 9781101476369

Discover the shocking true stories of individuals who assumed false identities and deceived the world.

Have you ever pretended to be someone you’re not?

These fascinating stories include ten imposters—many of them teenagers—push questions of identity, deception, and gullibility to the extreme. Sometimes, reality truly does defy belief!

Take for example:

• A high school dropout who passes himself off as a Navy surgeon

• A poor English woman who dupes the upper class into believing she’s really a kidnapped Asian princess

• A Jewish teenager who survives WWII by posing as a Hitler youth

Bestselling author Chris Barton did extensive research on these great pretenders, including interviews with his subjects and people who knew them. So go on, open this book and try on another identity for size—you might be surprised what you discover about yourself.
CHRIS BARTON is the author of a number of acclaimed picture books, including Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee and a Junior Library Guild selection. He lives in Austin, Texas. Learn more about his work at chrisbarton.info and follow him on Twitter at @Bartography. View titles by Chris Barton
Paul Hoppe and Henry Johnson are the real life Travis and Freddy, all grown up.

They have made and lost a million dollars on Wall Street. They have played in the Little League World Series, extreme-skied the Rockies and the Alps, played a ham sandwich on HBO, and visited three of the seven Wonders of the World.

Paul lives in Massachusetts and Henry lives in California.

View titles by Paul Hoppe

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Discover the shocking true stories of individuals who assumed false identities and deceived the world.

Have you ever pretended to be someone you’re not?

These fascinating stories include ten imposters—many of them teenagers—push questions of identity, deception, and gullibility to the extreme. Sometimes, reality truly does defy belief!

Take for example:

• A high school dropout who passes himself off as a Navy surgeon

• A poor English woman who dupes the upper class into believing she’s really a kidnapped Asian princess

• A Jewish teenager who survives WWII by posing as a Hitler youth

Bestselling author Chris Barton did extensive research on these great pretenders, including interviews with his subjects and people who knew them. So go on, open this book and try on another identity for size—you might be surprised what you discover about yourself.

Author

CHRIS BARTON is the author of a number of acclaimed picture books, including Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions, a Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee and a Junior Library Guild selection. He lives in Austin, Texas. Learn more about his work at chrisbarton.info and follow him on Twitter at @Bartography. View titles by Chris Barton
Paul Hoppe and Henry Johnson are the real life Travis and Freddy, all grown up.

They have made and lost a million dollars on Wall Street. They have played in the Little League World Series, extreme-skied the Rockies and the Alps, played a ham sandwich on HBO, and visited three of the seven Wonders of the World.

Paul lives in Massachusetts and Henry lives in California.

View titles by Paul Hoppe

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