Kent State
Scholastic Inc. · Hardcover · April 21, 2020
From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War.
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- Who it’s for
- Multiple voices make a disputed, devastating moment in American history feel immediate and unsettled.
- Themes
- Vietnam War protest, State violence, Conflicting accounts of history
- Genres
- 20th-Century US YA, Novels in Verse for Teens, War & Military YA
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From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War. May 4, 1970.Kent State University.As protestors roil the campus, National Guardsmen are called in. In the chaos of what happens next, shots are fired and four students are killed.
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To this day, there is still argument of what happened and why.Told in multiple voices from a number of vantage points -- protestor, Guardsman, townie, student -- Deborah Wiles's Kent State gives a moving, terrifying, galvanizing picture of what happened that weekend in Ohio . . . an event that, even 50 years later, still resonates deeply.
Many Sides, One Weekend
Multiple voices make a disputed, devastating moment in American history feel immediate and unsettled.
Come here for
- A close look at the Kent State shootings and their lasting resonance
- The tension of seeing events from several vantage points
Expect
- Protestor, Guardsman, townie, and student perspectives
- A moving, unsettling account that leaves room for argument
Where it sits
| Novels in Verse for Teens | 58% |
|---|---|
| War & Military YA | 48% |
| 20th-Century US YA | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th-Century US YA
- Novels in Verse for Teens
- Politics & Government for Teens
- Authors
- Deborah Wiles
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- April 21, 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Vietnam War protest · State violence · Conflicting accounts of history
- Reading lane
- 20th-Century US YA