They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780618440337)

Boys, let us get up a club.With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend's mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee in 1866. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South.This is the story of how a secret terrorist group took root in America's democracy. Filled with chilling and vivid personal accounts unearthed from oral histories, congressional documents, and diaries, this account from Newbery Honor-winning author Susan Campbell Bartoletti is a book to read and remember. A YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist.

Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
ISBN-10: 061844033X
ISBN-13: 9780618440337
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2010
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.74h x 8.44w x 0.69d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.2
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 138631 / They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group

Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Carolyn W. Field Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2010
Publishers Weekly 07/26/2010
Booklist 08/01/2010 pg. 48
School Library Journal 08/01/2010 pg. 117
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2010 pg. 106
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2010 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2010
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 11/15/2010 pg. 14
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2011 pg. 11
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/08/2010 pg. 35
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2010 pg. 34

About the Author
Susan Campbell Bartoletti pored over 8,027 pages of Congressional testimony, 2,300 Slave Narratives, contemporaneous newspapers, and diaries. It is her hope that these stories told will stand in memorial to the great courage of the Klan victims and of all freed slaves and to the pivotal role they played in American history. www.scbartoletti.com