Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers. His accolades include a Newbery Honor, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, three Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal, and three National Book Award finalist honors.
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
Also available in a Graphic Novel edition, illustrated by Nick Bertozzi
Ages 10-14
A Newbery Honor book
A National Book Awards finalist for Young People’s Literature
A Washington Post Best Kids Books of the Year title
Perfect for middle-grade readers and history enthusiasts, New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents the fascinating and frightening true story of the creation behind the most destructive force that birthed the arms race and the Cold War in Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
Ages 12-18
A Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor Book
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Best Book of 2023
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2023
Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of 2023
2024 Bank Street Best Book of the Year
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.
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
Ages 10-14
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
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.
Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Ages 10-14
A National Book Award Finalist
A YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
An astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin.
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Ages 10-14
A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner
A National Book Award finalist
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature finalist
Selected for the Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List
From award-winning author Steve Sheinkin comes a tense, exciting exploration of what the Times deemed “the greatest story of the century”: how Daniel Ellsberg transformed from obscure government analyst into “the most dangerous man in America,” and risked everything to expose the government’s deceit.
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Ages 10-14
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book
A New York Times Notable Children’s Book
A Washington Post Best Book
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.
Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race Across America
Ages 10-14
A 2020 ALSC Notable Children’s Book
From New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Award recipient Steve Sheinkin, Born to Fly: The First Women’s Air Race Across America is the gripping true story of the fearless women pilots who aimed for the skies—and beyond.
Time Twisters Series
WARNING: DO NOT BELIEVE THE STORY YOU’RE ABOUT TO READ.
Well, you can believe some of it. There is some real history. But also hijinks. Time travel. And famous figures setting off on adventures that definitely never happened—till now. Time is getting twisted, and it’s up to two kids to straighten things out.
From nonfiction powerhouse Steve Sheinkin comes Time Twisters,
a hilarious new fictional chapter book series where history
and hijinks collide!
