Awards and HonorsSLJ’s Best Books of 2016, Nonfiction Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2016, Middle-Grade Booklist 2016 Editors’ Choice, Books for Youth, Older Readers, Nonfiction
CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2017, 6–8
2017 Notable Books for a Global Society
2017 Capitol Choices, Ten to Fourteen VOYA’S Nonfiction Honor List 2017
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Drug Use/Abuse,Language: Mild Language,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Violence: Graphic Descriptions,Violence: Suicide,Violence: War/Harsh Realities of War
In this enthralling book, Freedman provides a succinct account of perhaps the most puzzling and contentious of America's wars. Time line. Source notes. Glossary. Selected bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs, map, and reproductions of artwork and other media.
Topics Vietnam War (1961–1975). Government and politics. Communism. Antiwar movement. Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969). Ngo Dinh Diem (1901–1963). Refugees. Twentieth-century history.
SRC Level 11.400000
SRC Points 8.000000
Lexile 1220L
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2016-08-29
JLG Release Date Oct 2016
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
Knowledge is power, and no other category speaks to this more. The 12 books in this category range from autobiographies to anthropological studies, these nonfiction titles are just right for middle-school readers . . . and ideal for research and classroom support, too.