Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
by James Cross Giblin
John Wilkes Booth was the man who killed Abraham Lincoln. Edwin Booth was the brother... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2005
Word Count 62,851
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1130L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 87328, 12.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Juvenile literature
- Actors
- Family
- Brothers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Performing Arts
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865--Family
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893--Juvenile literature
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
- Assassins--United States--Biography
- Actors and actresses--United States--Biography
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination
- Booth, Edwin
- Assassins--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Booth, John Wilkes
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Performing Arts | Theater & Musicals
- United States
- Assassins
- Brothers--United States--Biography
- Brothers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865--Juvenile literature
- Actors--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865--Family--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Assassination
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- Lincoln, Slavery, the Civil War
- Nonfiction, 9-10
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Awards & Distinctions 4

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2006

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