Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti & the End of the American Dream (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250621931)

From John Florio and Emmy Award-winning writer Ouisie Shapiro comes a monumental YA nonfiction book about the heartbreaking case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were wrongfully executed for murder.

In the early 1920s, a Red Scare gripped America. Many of those targeted were Italians, Eastern Europeans, and other immigrants.

When an armed robbery resulting in the death of two people broke headlines in Massachusetts, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti--both Italian immigrants--were quick to be accused.

A heated trial ensued, but through it all, the two men maintained their innocence. The controversial case quickly rippled past borders as it became increasingly clear that Sacco and Vanzetti were fated for a death sentence. Protests sprang up around the world to fight for their lives.

Learn the tragic history we dare not repeat in Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti, and the End of the American Dream, an action-packed, fast-paced nonfiction book filled with issues that still resonate today.

Praise for Doomed

"A riveting true crime story--but who are the criminals? As relevant today as it was a century ago." - Steve Sheinkin, author of Bomb and Fallout

Author: John Florio, Ouisie Shapiro
ISBN-10: 1250621933
ISBN-13: 9781250621931
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Language: English
Published: 01/24/2023
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.20w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 11/28/2022
Booklist 01/01/2023 pg. 49
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2023 pg. 103
School Library Journal 02/01/2023 pg. 89
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2023 - Superior,Well Above Average