Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781536201482)

With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America's fallen. Discover their story, and that of the unknown soldiers they honor, through resonant words and illustrations.

Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America's fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone. To stand there--with absolute precision, in every type of weather, at every moment of the day, one in a line uninterrupted since midnight July 2, 1937--is the ultimate privilege and the most difficult post to earn in the army. Everything these men and women do is in service to the Unknowns. Their standard is perfection.

Exactly how the unnamed men came to be entombed at Arlington, and exactly how their fellow soldiers have come to keep vigil over them, is a sobering and powerful tale, told by Jeff Gottesfeld and luminously illustrated by Matt Tavares--a tale that honors the soldiers who honor the fallen.

Author: Jeff Gottesfeld
ISBN-10: 1536201480
ISBN-13: 9781536201482
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2021
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 11.90h x 10.00w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511654 / Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2021
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2021
School Library Journal 02/01/2021 pg. 84
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2021 pg. 113
Shelf Awareness 03/16/2021
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style