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President Kennedy's Killer and the America He Left Behind: The Assassin, the Crime, and the End of a Hopeful Vision in Chaotic Times
Author:
Tougas, Joe
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Series:
Assassins' America
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Class:
973.922
Age: 10-14
Language: English
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LC: E842.9
Grade: 5-9
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ISBN-13: 9780756557133
LCCN: 2017042671
Imprint: Compass Point Books
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Pub Date: 01/01/2018
Availability: Out of Print Confirmed
List: $30.65
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Library Reinforced
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Physical Description:
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64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
H 7.5",
W 5.75",
D 0.3125"
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LC Series:
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Assassins' America
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TIPS Subjects:
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History, American--1900-1999
Presidents, U. S.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Presidents and First Families (U.S.)
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / General
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government
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LC Subjects:
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Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald),, 1917-1963, Assassination
Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald),, 1917-1963, Assassination, Juvenile literature
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Oswald, Lee Harvey, Juvenile literature
Presidents, United States, History and criticism
Presidents, United States, History and criticism, Juvenile literature
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Accelerated Reader Level:
7
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Points: 2.0
Lexile Level:
1010
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| Annotations |
| ONIX annotations | 09/28/2018 |
| President John F. Kennedy was riding in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas, when a gunman fired from a nearby building. Stunned onlookers ran for cover, and the president's driver sped toward a hospital. The young president could not survive his terrible wounds, meaning Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson would take his place. Police quickly tracked down Kennedy's killer, but the man's troubling background and puzzling behavior raised questions that seemed impossible to answer. Although Kennedy's life had been cut short, his presidency changed the country in ways still felt today. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 04/15/2018 |
| Grades 5-8. With lively, narrative-driven text and plenty of primary source material neatly woven through, these entries in the Assassins' America series profile presidents and their assassins, offer illuminating context, and consider how those assassinations affected the trajectory of U.S. history. In President Kennedy's Killer, the author focuses primarily on JFK's diplomacy and the Cuban missile crisis, steering clear of the murky waters surrounding our youngest president's notoriously fraught personal life. Engagingly written with an emphasis on high drama and characterization, these will definitely appeal to readers who favor fiction, though they'll come away with plenty of facts at the same time. Hunter, Sarah. 64p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2018. |
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