Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Steve Sheinkin
An engrossing look at U.S. government deception of the American public throughout... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 63,654
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 890L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 176659
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Rand Corporation--Employees--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Whistle blowing--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- 20th century
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
- Whistle blowing
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Vietnam--Foreign relations--United States--Juvenile literature.
- Rand Corporation
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Ellsberg, Daniel--Juvenile literature
- Politics and government
- 1969-1974
- United States--Politics and government--1969-1974--Juvenile literature
- Employees
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars
- Foreign relations
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
- Vietnam
- Ellsberg, Daniel
- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wa
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- United States
- Pentagon Papers--Juvenile literature
- United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- 6th Grade LDG
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Awards & Distinctions 12

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2020
Winner, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Biography Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Audiobooks Selection, 2016

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2021
Commended, 2016

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2016

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2021
Winner, 2016

ILA Young Adults' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2016

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2015

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2015
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