Murder Among Friends
How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime
$46.11
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2022
Summary
How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child… and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago?
Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the “crime of the century.”
In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they bot…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593177426 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593177428 |
| Author: | Candace Fleming |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
★ “An absorbing saga sure to ensnare readers in its thrall.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ “Fleming [is] a master of meticulously researched nonfiction…. Erudite, readable, and appalling.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ “In the field of YA narrative nonfiction, Fleming continues to outdo herself.” —The Horn Book, starred review
★ “The engrossing true-crime narrative style and high-interest subject will likely make this a very popular pick among teen readers…. Thought-provoking reading sure to spark further conversations about crime and punishment.” —Booklist, starred review
★ “A chilling page-turner with compelling psychoanalytic aspects not often seen in young adult nonfiction. Highly recommended.” —School Library Journal, starred review
About The Author
Candace Fleming
Candace Fleming is the prolific and versatile award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. Her most recent title, The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh, received six starred reviews, was a Kirkus, PW, Booklist, and SLJ Best Book of the Year, and was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as a “fascinating chronicle.” Candace’s The Family Romanov also received six starred reviews and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was recognized as a Sibert Nonfiction Honor Book. Amelia Lost received four starred reviews and won the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction. Her many acclaimed picture books include Giant Squid, a Sibert Honor Book.
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