Boots On The Ground

America’s War in Vietnam

By Elizabeth Partridge

Awards and Honors Include:

CBWI 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