This YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist is a breathtaking and dramatic account of JFK's assassination by NY Times bestselling author of CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER.

In his award-winning young-adult book on the Kennedy assassination, James Swanson will transport readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history. As he did in his bestselling Scholastic YA book, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER,...

The story of a young reporter who was the first to receive the news of President Kennedy's assassination at the U.P.I. office in Dallas, Texas, and how the tragedy affected the people of the United States and around the world.

Examines events surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. Also discusses the Warren Commission findings and conspiracy theories.

A historical narrative of the events surrounding the death of the 35th president is set against the backdrop of an escalating Cold War and describes the many political challenges Kennedy was facing before his assassination, in an account that also describes Lee Harvey Oswald's story and the events surrounding his death.

Provides an overview of John Kennedy's presidency, describes the events surrounding his assassination, and discusses its impact on the American people and American society.

The events from the moment of President Kennedy's assassination to his burial three days later.

"In a narrative nonfiction format, follows people who experienced the assassination of John F. Kennedy"--