The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

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Hardcover
Author: James L. Swanson
Publisher: Scholastic
Publish Date: September 2013
Language: English
EAN: 9780545490078

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Overview

A YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist

A breathtaking and dramatic account of the JFK assassination by the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Lincoln’s Killer.

In his new young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history. As he did in his bestselling Scholastic YA book, Chasing Lincoln’s Killer, Swanson deploys his signature “you are there” style — a riveting, ticking-clock pace, with an unprecedented eye for dramatic details and impeccable historical accuracy — to tell the story of the JFK assassination as it has never been told before.

The book is illustrated with archival photos, diagrams, source notes, bibliography, places to visit, and index.

Details

Pages: 288
Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1 in
Lexile Score: 1080
ISBN: 0545490073

Awards

2016 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee (Grades 4-8)
2016 Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee (Intermediate)
2016 Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee (Middle School)
2015 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2015 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Junior Book)
2015 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Middle School)
2014 Alabama Camellia Award - Winner (Nonfiction (Grades 6-8))
2014 Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee (Middle School)
2014 Jefferson Cup - Honor Book (Older Readers)
2013 Cybils - Finalist (Nonfiction-Young Adult)
2013 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner (Historical Fiction)