Judy Bernstein

Throughout our discussion of "They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky", we often addressed the validity of Judy Bernstein's representation of what the Lost Boys went through. I searched for about an hour for any reviews that addressed this idea in detail and couldn't find one. I just thought it was kind of interesting we found the need to question this, but that I was unable to find any information of anyone else questioning this as well.

Although, I did come upon an article addressing the definition of "creative non-fiction": http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/whatiscnf.htm .

Often, we spoke about Judy Bernstein illustrating the boys' experiences in a different way than they actually happened. However, as stated in the article, creative non-fiction authors simply present events that actually happened "..more interesting and often, more accessible." Therefore, I think we ridiculed Judy Bernstein a tad much. Although I do think it is justifiable to question the validity of Bernstein's literature, I do not believe what she has written is in any way, false. I now believe she conveyed the boys' experiences in a thought provoking and illustrative manner.