Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend

6 best books like Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend (Karen Blumenthal): Butterfly Yellow, The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science, Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam, Hide With Me, Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City, Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America

Butterfly Yellow

Author	Thanhha Lai
ISBN	0062229230

In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America. In a split second, Linh is ripped from her arms—and Hằng is left behind in the war-torn country.

Six years later, Hằng has made the brutal journey...

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

Author	Joyce Sidman
ISBN	0544717139

Robert F. Sibert Medal winner

Bugs, of all kinds, were considered to be “born of mud” and to be “beasts of the devil.”  Why would anyone, let alone a girl, want to study and observe them?

One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was...

Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam

Author	Elizabeth Partridge
ISBN	0142423750

In March 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops into Vietnam. 57,939 American soldiers would be killed and seventeen years would pass before this controversial chapter of American history concluded with the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982.

The history of this...

Hide With Me

Author

Sorboni Banerjee

In this heart-pounding, deeply-felt debut for fans of Jeff Zentner and Marieke Nijkamp, Sorboni Banerjee crafts a powerful story about the unbreakable bonds of friendship, the headiness of first love, and the courage to fight for a brighter future against all odds.

In the dying cornfields...

Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City

Author	Phillip Hoose
ISBN	0374306133

The true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award winner Phil Hoose.

By winning the state high school basketball championship in 1955, ten teens from an Indianapolis school meant...

Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America

Author	Gail Jarrow
ISBN	1629797766

Gail Jarrow explores the famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast from 1938. She highlights the artists behind the broadcast, the broadcast itself, the aftermath, and the repercussions which remain relevant today.

On the night of October 30, 1938, thousands of Americans panicked when they...