The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist) Contributor(s): Sheinkin, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250073499 ISBN-13: 9781250073495 Publisher: Square Fish
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 940.545 |
Age Level: 10-14 |
Grade Level: 5-9 |
Lexile Measure: 950 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.80 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Northern California - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Topical - Black History |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 163116 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America |
Contributor Bio(s): Sheinkin, Steve: - Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, was a National Book Award finalist and received the 2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, won both the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon was a Newbery Honor Book, a National Book Award Finalist, and winner of the Sibert Award and YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War was a National Book Award finalist, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner. Sheinkin lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. |
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