Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different

Blumenthal, K. (2012). Steve Jobs: The man who thought different: A biography. New York: Feiwel and Friends.

Steve Jobs was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs. He didn’t like the school or the structure of school.  He would get into mischief.  He knew he was different from others and loved to take apart electronics and devices and put them back together. He was living in a world where technology was in boom. In his neighborhood, he become friends with some boys that loved technology like he did. Steve Wozniak worked at Hewlett-Packard, was a computer whiz, and brilliant inventor.  Jobs dropped out of college and started working for Atari. Later Jobs and Wozniak formed Apple Computer Company in Job’s garage.  They knew they needed each other, Wozniak created the technology and Jobs sold them.  They both helped each other to assemble the product.  A small company invested in them and when they grew they got an office.  The company became Apple, Inc. Today, it is one the biggest technology forces in the world.  It has created our personal computers, iPhones, iPods, iTunes, iMacs, and iPads.  Jobs changed the world and made $7 billion dollars from it. Personally, I have been intrigued with Steve Jobs and would recommend this book to others.  I love to read biographies and learn about people who have impacted our world.  We see Steve Job and all his accomplishments even though he did not have a perfect life.  This book is age appropriate from 12-18 years old, but I think adults would also enjoy reading it.  Students can create a timeline of his life using a prezi or a timeline maker.  Then they have to present it to the class.  This book is a biography about the life and accomplishments of Steve Jobs.  The information in this book is accurate and current it starts from his early life to his today where we all use his Apple products.  The book is divided into three parts:  1st his early life, college,and Steve Wozniak, 2^nd his exile from Apple and how he never lost sight of it, and 3^rd his last years with pancreatic cancer.