Zap! Nicola Tesla Takes Charge

Zap! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge, written by Monica Kulling and illustrated by Bill Slavin, is about the man who created the Tesla Coil, Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla was a good man and worked with Thomas Edison – until Thomas refused to pay Nikola, so Nikola stopped working with him. But a question still remained: who would light up America? More power stations needed to be built and so Nikola saw that 112 more were made. Nikola made a power station that went from Washington to California. After that, Nicola earned $100 and “lit up America.”

I actually liked this book because it taught me a lot about Nikola Tesla, and how important he was. I didn’t know much about him until I read this book. I disliked that people didn’t respect Nikola and there were people who were rude to him. This book kept me interested and I learned a lot.It was in a story form, and I liked that because it helped me understand the facts better. I would like to read more about Nikola Tesla, and other famous inventors. I thought that the illustrations were very good in this book.