author results for Sheinkin, Steve

Diamond Fever!

Sheinkin, Steve — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A fun, high-stakes true crime story story set in the Wild West, featuring spot art and comics throughout. Perfect for fans of MONA LISA VANISHES!
"Steve Sheinkin is more than an author—he's a time traveler whose deep research and fabulous writing whisk readers on thrilling rides through history. Kids will be transfixed by this unbelievable-but-true story of Gilded Age diamond hunters, swindlers, and train robbers. It is one of my absolute favorites!" —Lauren Tarshis, bestselling author of the I SURVIVED series
"A rollicking—and well-researched—adventure story... A sparkling accomplishment. " — Kirkus, starred review
Late one night two travel-weary miners, Philip Arnold and John Slack, show up at a businessman's office in San Francisco. The miners seem nervous. They've got something that needs to be locked in a safe overnight. What is it? Well, that really has to stay secret, but it's...

DIAMONDS! And lots of them.
Had these two miners just discovered America's first diamond mine? Well, this is the Gold Rush era after all. Plenty of people are striking it rich. Anything is possible.
When word of the find hits the streets, diamond fever sweeps the country. Wealthy investors are desperate to elbow Arnold and Slack aside and seize control—but can they persuade the miners to reveal the location of their bonanza? At the same time, thousands of prospectors fan out across the mountains and deserts of the West—will one of them find the site before greedy bankers grab everything for themselves?
In this page-turning, high-stakes western adventure, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Steve Sheinkin tells the true story of the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, a rollicking tale of heists and hijinks, scams and scoundrels—and the last-minute triumph of a most unlikely hero.

Mind Vs. Machine: The Chess Match That Changed The World

Sheinkin, Steve — Invalid Date

The hopes of humanity rest on the shoulders of one chess player in this true graphic novel about the epic chess match between a human and a super computer. It's May 1997 in New York City. A chess world champion is about to face off against Deep Blue, a cutting-edge super computer. Will a machine triumph over the human mind?

Diamond Fever!

Sheinkin, Steve — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

"A fun, high-stakes nonfiction middle grade adventure novel about the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872, by award-winning author Steve Sheinkin -- featuring spot art and comic interstitials throughout"-- Provided by publisher.

Bomb

Sheinkin, Steve — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

"A ... graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book ... In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific community; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German heavy-water manufacturing; and deep in the desert, one brilliant group of scientists was hidden away at a remote site at Los Alamos. This is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world's most formidable weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb"-- Provided by publisher.

Fallout

Sheinkin, Steve — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

"As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance, spy planes fly above, armed submarines swim deep below, and undercover agents meet in the dead of night. The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close call with the third-and final-world war"-- Provided by publisher.

The Bletchley Riddle

Sepetys, Ruta, Sheinkin, Steve — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A thrilling mystery and collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin! This historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother’s disappearance.
"Break out your Enigma machines! Sepetys and Sheinkin have written a thrilling World War II code-breaking adventure filled with ciphers, secrets, and spies."—Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee
Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act…
Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister, Lizzie, share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amid one of the greatest secrets of World War II—Britain’s eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley’s top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, fourteen-year-old Lizzie embarks on a mission to solve the mysterious disappearance of their mother.
The Battle of Britain rages and Hitler’s invasion creeps closer. And at the same time, baffling messages and codes arrive on their doorstep while a menacing inspector lurks outside the gates of the Bletchley mansion. Are the messages truly for them, or are they a trap? Could the riddles of Enigma and their mother's disappearance be somehow connected? Jakob and Lizzie must find a way to work together as they race to decipher clues that unravel a shocking puzzle that presents the ultimate challenge: How long must a secret be kept?

Bomb

Sheinkin, Steve — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Discusses the international competition to create the first atomic bomb.

Bomb

Sheinkin, Steve — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.

Fallout

Sheinkin, Steve — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, taking readers on a terrifying journey into the Cold War and our mutual assured destruction.
As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance, spy planes fly above, armed submarines swim deep below, and undercover agents meet in the dead of night.
The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close call with the third—and final—world war.

Winner of the 2022 Kids' Book Choice Award for 6th to 8th Grade Book of the Year
A Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of 2021
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2021
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year
Praise for BOMB:
A Newbery Honor book
A National Book Awards finalist for Young People's Literature
A Washington Post Best Kids Books of the Year title
"This is edge-of-the seat material that will resonate with YAs who clamor for true spy stories, and it will undoubtedly engross a cross-market audience of adults who dozed through the World War II unit in high school." —BCCB, starred review
"...reads like an international spy thriller, and that's the beauty of it." —School Library Journal, starred review
"[A] complicated thriller that intercuts action with the deftness of a Hollywood blockbuster." —Booklist, , starred review
"A must-read..." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A superb tale of an era and an effort that forever changed our world." —Kirkus
Also by Steve Sheinkin:
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War
Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America

Undefeated

Sheinkin, Steve — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

"A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team"-- Provided by publisher.

Impossible Escape

Sheinkin, Steve — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

"A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust: one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape"-- Provided by publisher.

Undefeated

Sheinkin, Steve — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story for middle grade readers about how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team, from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Award recipient Steve Sheinkin.
"Sheinkin has made a career of finding extraordinary stories in American history." —The New York Times Book Review
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book
A New York Times Notable Children's Book
A Washington Post Best Book
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog sports story—and more. It's an unflinching look at the U.S. government's violent persecution of Native Americans and the school that was designed to erase Indian cultures. Expertly told by three-time National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin, it's the story of a group of young men who came together at that school, the overwhelming obstacles they faced both on and off the field, and their absolute refusal to accept defeat.
Jim Thorpe: Super athlete, Olympic gold medalist, Native American
Pop Warner: Indomitable coach, football mastermind, Ivy League grad
Before these men became legends, they met in 1907 at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, where they forged one of the winningest teams in American football history. Called "the team that invented football," they took on the best opponents of their day, defeating much more privileged schools such as Harvard and the Army in a series of breathtakingly close calls, genius plays, and bone-crushing hard work.
This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
"Along with Thorpe's fascinating personal story, Sheinkin offers a thought-provoking narrative about the evolution of football and the development of boarding schools such as the Carlisle Indian School." —The Washington Post
Also by Steve Sheinkin:
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War
Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America

Impossible Escape

Sheinkin, Steve — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

From three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin, a true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hungary, and the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape.
It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolf (Rudi) Vrba has made up his mind. After barely surviving nearly two years in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, he knows he must escape. Even if death is more likely.
Rudi has learned the terrible secret hidden behind the heavily guarded fences of concentration camps across Nazi-occupied Europe: the methodical mass killing of Jewish prisoners. As trains full of people arrive daily, Rudi knows that the murders won't stop until he reveals the truth to the world—and that each day that passes means more lives are lost.
Lives like Rudi's schoolmate Gerta Sidonová. Gerta's family fled from Slovakia to Hungary, where they live under assumed names to hide their Jewish identity. But Hungary is beginning to cave under pressure from German Nazis. Her chances of survival become slimmer by the day.
The clock is ticking. As Gerta inches closer to capture, Rudi and his friend Alfred Wetzler begin their crucial steps towards an impossible escape.
This is the true story of one of the most famous whistleblowers in the world, and how his death-defying escape helped save over 100,000 lives.
Don't miss out on these exciting true stories by Steve Sheinkin, perfect for all historians!
● Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
● Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
● Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America
● Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
● Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
● The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
● Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon (A Newbery Honor Book–also available in Graphic Novel!)
● The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
...and more!

Lincoln's Grave Robbers

Sheinkin, Steve — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader, and how a fledging Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation.

The Port Chicago 50

Sheinkin, Steve — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution. This is the story of the p rejudice that faced black men and women in America's armed forces during World War II, and a look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights.

Two Miserable Presidents

Sheinkin, Steve — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

True facts and stories that you won't find in text books about the American Civil War.

Most Dangerous

Sheinkin, Steve — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

"The story of Daniel Ellsberg and his decision to steal and publish secret documents about America's involvement in the Vietnam War"-- Provided by publisher.

True Stories

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited by real-life literature legend Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: True Stories is a mind-blowing collection of essays, biographies, how-to guides, and more, all proving that the truth is most definitely out there.

Supports the Common Core State Standards

This isn't your classroom history book. This is real life, with all the unbelievable and action-packed parts left in.

Gripping Historical Nonfiction: Follow American sailors shipwrecked on the coast of West Africa as they face starvation, enslavement, and the blistering Sahara desert.

Amazing Animal Stories: Hunt for the Goliath bird-eater—the world's largest spider—in the Amazon, and uncover the real story of Jumbo, P.T. Barnum's star elephant.

Gross-Out History: Think your dentist is scary? Discover the painfully true history of dental care, from tooth-pulling worms to red-hot irons.

Biographies for Kids: Find out how a sharecropper from the Mississippi delta named Muddy Waters used his guitar to invent a whole new sound and become a blues legend.

The Notorious Benedict Arnold

Sheinkin, Steve — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Biography of Benedict Arnold.

Which Way to the Wild West?

Sheinkin, Steve — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Presents the greatest adventures of America's Westward expansion, from the Louisiana Purchase and the gold rush to the Indian wars and life of the cowboy, as well as the everyday happenings that defined living on the frontier.

King George

Sheinkin, Steve — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

True facts and stories that you don't find in textbooks about the American Revolution.

Abigail Adams

Sheinkin, Steve — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT

Two kids must persuade Abigail Adams to play her part in history after she tires of life as First Lady in the White House.

Abraham Lincoln, Pro Wrestler

Sheinkin, Steve — Invalid Date

From nonfiction powerhouse Steve Sheinkin comes a hilarious new fictional chapter book series about two kids who must persuade Abraham Lincoln to play his part in history after Lincoln goes on strike.

Born to Fly

Sheinkin, Steve — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

"National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin tells the story of the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the first official all-female air race in the U.S."-- Provided by publisher.

Most Dangerous

Sheinkin, Steve — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

On June 13, 1971, the front page of the New York Times announced the existence of a 7,000-page collection of documents containing a secret history of the Vietnam War. Known as The Pentagon Papers, these documents had been comissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Chronicling every action the government had taken in the Vietnam War, they revealed a pattern of deception spanning over twenty years and four presidencies, and forever changed the relationship between American citizens and the politicans claiming to represent their interests.