Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.

Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.


Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 02/01/2009
ISBN: 9780439903547
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.74w x 0.78d
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Runner-Up
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 12/01/2008 pg. 41
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2008 pg. 466 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 01/01/2009 pg. 129
Publishers Weekly 01/12/2009 pg. 49
Kirkus Review - Children 01/15/2009
Publishers Weekly 02/16/2009 pg. 129
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2009
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2010 pg. 12
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 128375 / Chasing Lincoln's Killer
Reading Level: 7.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 6