Terrorist: Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin Who Ignited World War I (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781467772792)

"I am not a criminal, because I destroyed that which was evil. I think that I'm good."--Gavrilo Princip, October 23, 1914.

This much we know: On June 28, 1914, a young man stood on a street corner in Sarajevo, aimed a pistol into a stalled car carrying Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and pulled the trigger. Within a few minutes, the archduke was dead, and Europe would not know peace again for five years. More than 16 million people would die in the fighting that came to be known as World War I.

Little else is known about the young man named Gavrilo Princip. How could a poor student from a tiny Serbian village turn the wheel of history and alter the face of a continent for generations? Henrik Rehr's dark and riveting graphic novel fills the gaps in the historical record and imagines in insightful detail the events that led a boy from Obljaj to become one of history's most significant terrorist.

Author: Henrik Rehr
ISBN-10: 1467772798
ISBN-13: 9781467772792
Publisher: Graphic Universe (Tm)
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2015
Pages: 232
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 10.65h x 8.32w x 0.69d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 171099 / Terrorist: Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin Who Ignited World War I

Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 130
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015
Booklist 03/01/2015 pg. 42
Library Journal 03/15/2015 pg. 90
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2015