2016 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner
A 2015 National Book Award finalist
A 2015 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon book
A 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature finalist
Selected for the 2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List
"Gripping." –
New York Times Book Review
"Lively, detailed prose rooted in a tremendous amount of research, fully documented. . . Easily the best study of the Vietnam War available for teen readers." –
Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Sheinkin has done again what he does so well: condense mountains of research into a concise, accessible, and riveting account of history. . . [This book] will keep readers racing forward." –
Publishers Weekly, starred review "Powerful and thought-provoking." –
Booklist, starred review "Fast-paced and fascinating. . . backed up by meticulous research." –
VOYA, starred review "Thoroughly researched, thoughtfully produced, and beautifully written . . . a timely and extraordinary addition to every library." –
School & Library Journal, starred review "Immediate and compelling . . . Here, [Sheinkin] has outdone even himself." –
The Horn Book, starred review "A thrilling ride."–
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review "Sheinkin's most compelling one yet." –
The Washington Post "Young people in the United States are growing up in a vastly changed world, one where endless war and all-pervasive surveillance is a matter of course. 'Most Dangerous' will help them understand how it has become so." –
The New York Times Book Review