The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy
by James Cross Giblin
James Cross Giblin’s astute and insightful biography of the infamous Wisconsin... read more
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- Grade
- 9-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2009
Word Count 83,718
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1190L
- ATOS Reading Level: 10.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 134307, 17 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957--Juvenile literature
- Legislators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Anti-communist movements
- Anti-communist movements--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- McCarthy, Joseph
- History
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Legislators
- Lists With This Book
- Privacy Between the Pages
- Nonfiction, 11-12
- Democracy & Civil Liberties, 6-12
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