Ambushed!: The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield

by Gail Jarrow

Book Overview

Winner of the 2022 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award

This thrilling title for young readers blends science, history, and medical mysteries to tell the story of the assassination and ultimately horrible death of President James Garfield.

James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated when he was shot by Charles Guiteau in July 1881, less than four months after he was elected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684378141
• ISBN13: 9781684378142
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8