This true crime thriller is the perfect book to hook kids on nonfiction. Did you know that in 1865 over 50% of America’s paper money was counterfeit? It was a HUGE problem for the country, and so it became the one and only task of the nation’s new Secret Service organization to put a stop to it.
Steve Sheinkin is one of my all-time favorite authors, and this book was my first introduction to his work. It’s a real page-turner, filled with daring escapes and unbelievable plots, and the best part is that it all really happened! Sheinkin pulls actual dialogue and fantastic details from the audio transcripts and reports that are available because one secret service officer was able to infiltrate the counterfeiting gang that was trying steal Abraham Lincoln’s dead body!
My boys loved this book as much as I did, and I’m sure you will, too!
Happy Reading!
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