Boots On The Ground: America’s War in Vietnam

By Elizabeth Partridge

Awards and Honors Include:

• SCBWI Golden Kite Winner for Nonfiction for Older Readers winner
• National Book Award nominee
• YALSA Nonfiction Award nominee
• Hornbook Fanfare selection
• Kirkus Best of the Year list
• Booklist Editors’ Choice list
• Publishers Weekly Best of the Year list
• BCCB Blue Ribbon selection
• 6 starred reviews

“A personal, moving foray into the Vietnam War and its impact…Partridge’s narrative storytelling is incisive and masterfully woven together.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Partridge unpacks this turbulent time with clarity and compassion…This indispensable volume brings a wise and humane lens to a confused and brutal conflict.” – The Horn Book, starred review