Steve Sheinkin: 18 books
Most Dangerous
Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
**A 2015 National Book Award Finalist, reviewed in The Washington Post, as well as featured on the Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2015" list.
From Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of The Port Chicago 50 and Newbery Honor Book Bomb comes a tense, narrative nonfiction account...
by Steve Sheinkin
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
“A historical home run!” —Dav Pilkey, bestselling author of Captain Underpants
Two kids must un-twist history after Amelia Earhart changes course in this hilarious Time Twisters chapter book by award-winning author Steve Sheinkin.
WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU’RE ABOUT...
by Steve Sheinkin
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
“Sheinkin has made a career of finding extraordinary stories in American history.” —The New York Times Book Review
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog sports story—and more. It’s an unflinching look at the U.S. government’s...
El Iluminado
A Graphic Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
When young Rolando Pérez falls to his death from a cliff outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, the mysteries immediately begin to accumulate. Was he pushed or did he jump? What are the documents that Rolando was willing sacrifice himself to protect from his family, the police, and the Catholic Church? And...
Which Way to the Wild West?
Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
History--with the good bits put back. Discover the drama, discoveries, dirty deeds and derring-do that won the American West.
With a storyteller's voice and attention to the details that make history real and interesting, Steve Sheinkin's Which Way to the Wild West? delivers America's greatest...
Two Miserable Presidents
Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
May 22, 1856: A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WALKS INTO THE SENATE CHAMBER, LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
That Congressman, Preston Brooks, was ready to attack Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts over remarks Sumner made slamming senators who supported slavery in Kansas. Brooks lifted...
The Port Chicago 50
Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin.
On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their...
by Steve Sheinkin
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ.
Well, you can believe some of it. There is some real history. But also hijinks. Time travel. And famous figures setting off on adventures that definitely never happened—till now. Time is getting twisted, and it’s up to two kids to straighten...
by Steve Sheinkin
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
Using his in-depth knowledge of American history, award winning author Steve Sheinkin and illustrator Neil Swaab create exciting adventures through time with historical figures going AWOL and true fun facts about each person.
WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ.
Well,...
Born to Fly
The First Women's Air Race Across America
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2019
Born to Fly is the gripping story of the fearless women pilots who aimed for the skies—and beyond.
Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across the U.S. Follow the...
by Steve Sheinkin
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ.
Well, you can believe some of it. There is some real history. But also hijinks. Time travel. And famous figures setting off on adventures that definitely never happened—till now. Time is getting twisted, and it’s up to two kids to straighten...
Rabbi Harvey Rides Again
A Graphic Novel of Jewish Folktales Let Loose in the Wild West
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Rabbi Harvey is Back with Ten Hilarious New Adventures
In this follow-up to the popular The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Wisdom and Wit in the Wild West, the Rabbi returns to the streets of Elk Spring, Colorado. Part Wild West sheriff, part old world rabbi, Harvey protects...
Bomb
The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way...
The Notorious Benedict Arnold
A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America's first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible biography introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes,...
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