Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin

Title: Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin
Book List: Books for Teens in Grades 6-8 (Fiction & Nonfiction), Interesting Nonfiction & Biographies for Teens
Published by: Scholastic Press
Release Date: 2018
Author: James L. Swanson
Genre: Teen
Pages: 368
ISBN13: 978-0545723336

"[James L. Swanson's] masterful work... reveals, in gripping style, how one individual can impact history." --Booklist, starred review

In his meteoric, thirteen-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for Civil Rights -- with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King's life, Swanson hones in on James Earl Ray, a bizarre, racist, prison escapee who tragically ends King's life.

As he did in his bestselling Scholastic MG/YA books Chasing LIncoln's Killer and "THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SHOT!", Swanson transports readers back to one of the most shocking, sad, and terrifying events in American history.

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