Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. Here's middle-grade nonfiction that reads like a thriller. With murder, court battles, and sensational newspaper headlines, the story of Lizzie Borden is compulsively readable. In a compelling, linear narrative, Miller takes readers along as she investigates a brutal crime- the August 4, 1892, murders of wealthy and prominent Andrew and Abby Borden. The accused? Mild-mannered and highly respected Lizzie Borden, daughter of Andrew and stepdaughter of Abby. Most of what is known about Lizzie's arrest and subsequent trial (and acquittal) comes from sensationalized newspaper reports; as Miller sorts fact from fiction, and as a legal battle gets under way, a gripping portrait of a woman and a town emerges. With inserts featuring period photos and newspaper clippings-and, yes, images from the murder scene-readers will devour this nonfiction book that reads like fiction.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
ISBN-13
9780553498080
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217513116
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
Author
Sarah Miller
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Children & Young Adults
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
243mm
Item Width
163mm
Item Weight
556g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Sarah Miller
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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