Awards and Honors2019 Golden Kite Award Winner, Non-Fiction for Older Readers
2019 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
ALSC Notable Children's Books - 2019 Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth - 2018 CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Historical People, Places, and Events
2018 Cybils Award Winner, Junior High Non-Fiction Publishers Weekly Best Books - 2018 Kirkus Best Books, Young Adult - 2018
NYPL Best Books for Teens - 2018
BCCB Blue Ribbons - 2018 Horn Book Fanfare - 2018 Nonfiction Detectives Best Nonfiction - 2018
The personal stories of eight people—six American soldiers, one American military nurse, and one Vietnamese refugee—whose lives were forever impacted by the war.
Title alpha Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
Level History High
Pages Count 224
Genre Nonfiction
Lexile 960L
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2018-04-09
JLG Release Date Aug 2018
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
History High
History - High (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
The past opens with a turn of the page in these fully-documented histories and compelling works of historical fiction. Experience the past frequently with the 12 books in this category.
12 books per Year
$259.20 per Year
Interests
Diversity, Fiction, Mature Readers, Nonfiction, Biographies, Realistic Fiction, History