Doomed: Sacco, Vanzetti & the End of the American Dream

by Ouisie Shapiro, John Florio, John Florio

Book Overview

From John Florio and Emmy Award-winning writer Ouisie Shapiro comes a monumental YA nonfiction book about the heartbreaking case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were wrongfully executed for murder.

In the early 1920s, a Red Scare gripped America. Many of those targeted were Italians, Eastern Europeans, and other immigrants.

When an armed robbery resulting in the death of two people broke headlines in Massachusetts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250621933
• ISBN13: 9781250621931
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary