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Steve Sheinkin
Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of several exciting books on American history for young adults. His newest book, THE PORT CHICAGO 50, is a National Book Award finalist and winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for nonfiction. His 2012 title BOMB: THE RACE TO BUILD AND STEAL THE... show more

Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of several exciting books on American history for young adults. His newest book, THE PORT CHICAGO 50, is a National Book Award finalist and winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for nonfiction. His 2012 title BOMB: THE RACE TO BUILD AND STEAL THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON, was awarded a Newbery Honor, won the Sibert Medal, the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. His book THE NOTORIOUS BENEDICT ARNOLD won both the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for nonfiction. Other recent titles are LINCOLN'S GRAVE ROBBERS, a true-crime thriller, and the RABBI HARVEY series of graphic novels. Steve lives with his family in Saratoga Springs, NY.
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FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt rated it 5 years ago
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleInteresting read. This is the first Time Twisters book I have read. They had a few at the library and I wasn't sure which one came first so I just grabbed the one that looked the most interesting to me. Because this is the fourth book in the series, th...
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it 6 years ago
Wow wow wow this is not what I'm here for. "Another [danger] is that an actual government--like the secretive rulers of North Korea--might just be crazy enough to lash out with atomic bombs." ... you mean like the US did at the end of WWII because Japan wouldn't surrender? The book wants to be ...
Books for Future K-6 Students
Books for Future K-6 Students rated it 6 years ago
Bomb: the Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin is a level Z on the Fountas and Pinnell reading level scale. Bomb: the Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon is about the scientific discoveries of atom splitting, and the covert operations of e...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it 7 years ago
They came to California to ruin a man. - opening sentence This book tells the story of Daniel Ellsberg and of the Vietnam War. He was a Marine, he worked as a military analyst for the Rand Corporation, and he even worked at the Pentagon. But he is most famous for releasing the Pentagon Papers -...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it 8 years ago
This book tells the true story of segregation in the Navy during World War II. African Americans who joined the Navy to serve their country were not allowed to serve on ships. People thought they weren't smart or brave enough. But only the black men were given the job of loading ammunition onto the ...
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