Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

8 best books like Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin (James L. Swanson): The Parker Inheritance, The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler, Lifeboat 12, Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam, Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961, Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and the War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America, Tight, Short & Skinny

The Parker Inheritance

Author	Varian Johnson
ISBN	0545946174

The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller.

When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes...

The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

Author	John Hendrix
ISBN	1419728385

Interweaving handwritten text and art, John Hendrix tells the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his fight against the oppression of the German people during World War II. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian who was shocked to watch the German church embrace Hitler's agenda of hatred....

Lifeboat 12

Author

Susan Hood

In the tradition of The War That Saved My Life and Stella By Starlight, this poignant novel in verse based on true events tells the story of a boy’s harrowing experience on a lifeboat after surviving a torpedo attack during World War II.

With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for...

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...

Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961

Author	Larry Dane Brimner
ISBN	1629795860

On May 4, 1961, a group of thirteen black and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Ride, aiming to challenge the practice of segregation on buses and at bus terminal facilities in the South. The Ride would last twelve days. Despite the fact that segregation on buses crossing state lines...

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...

Tight

Author	Torrey Maldonado
ISBN	1524740551

Tight: Lately, Bryan's been feeling it in all kinds of ways . . .

Bryan knows what's tight for him--reading comics, drawing superheroes, and hanging out with no drama. But drama is every day where he's from, and that gets him tight, wound up.

And now Bryan's friend Mike pressures him...

Short & Skinny

Author	Mark Tatulli
ISBN	0316440515

New from syndicated comic strip artist Mark Tatulli comes a full-color middle grade graphic novel that centers on Mark's own experience in the summer after seventh grade.

As a middle schooler, Mark finds himself on the smaller side of the physical spectrum--being short AND skinny has really...