How to Fake a Moon Landing

How to Fake a Moon Landing: Exposing the Myths of Science Denial, by Darryl Cunningham, 176 pages

Cunningham starts this book with a quote that really says it all: "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion; however, everyone is not entitled to their own facts."- Michael Specter

This graphic non-fiction could be really great for those middle-school age readers: it's a series of pieces addressing commonly-challenged scientific theories and how the challenges are flawed or wrong.  Cunningham begins with the moon landing, and takes down each of the theories made by conspiracy theorists; he continues with sections on homeopathy, chiropractic, the vaccination/autism "connection," evolution, fracking, and climate change.  Cunningham really simplifies the ideas enough for anyone to grasp and provides sources for further investigation.  It's just a bit frustrating reading this, because the common threads of political corruption and a general lack of journalistic ethics seem to make the power and inviolate truth of science to be rendered inconsequential.