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Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus)
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A true-crime thriller -- the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body. Reissued in Scholastic Focus, with an exciting new cover.
The action begins in October of 1875, as Secret Service agents raid the Fulton, Illinois, workshop of master counterfeiter Ben Boyd. Soon after Boyd is hauled off to prison, members of his counterfeiting ring gather in the back room of a smoky Chicago saloon to discuss how to spring their ringleader. Their plan: grab Lincoln's body from its Springfield tomb, stash it in the sand dunes near Lake Michigan, and demand, as a ransom, the release of Ben Boyd -- and $200,000 in cash. From here, the action alternates between the conspirators, the Secret Service agents on their trail, and the undercover agent moving back and forth between them. Along the way readers get glimpses into the inner workings of counterfeiting, grave robbing, detective work, and the early days of the Secret Service. The plot moves toward a wild climax as robbers and lawmen converge at Lincoln's tomb on election night: November 7, 1876.A dynamic and thrilling tale from critically acclaimed author Steve Sheinkin.
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The Lexile score for Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) is 930.
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Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) is 224 pages long.
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Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the following awards:
in 2013 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) in category .
in 2014 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Texas Lone Star Reading List in category .
in 2014 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award in category .
in 2014 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens in category .
in 2014 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Alabama Camellia Award in category .
in 2015 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Sasquatch Award in category .
in 2015 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Beehive Awards in category .
in 2015 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Georgia Children's Book Award in category .
in 2016 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Grand Canyon Reader Award in category .
in 2016 Lincoln's Grave Robbers (Scholastic Focus) won the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award in category .
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