Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building [Paperback]

The unbeatable team of Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome present a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. Join a young boy as he watches the Empire State Building being constructed from scratch, then travels to the top to look down on all of New York City in 1931. Hopkinson, a master of historical fiction, and Ransome, an award-winning illustrator, dazzle us with this ALA Notable and aBoston Globe-Horn BookHonor Book.

Kirkus Reviewsstarred reviewDEBORAH HOPKINSON is the author ofSky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building,an ALA Notable Book and aBoston Globe-Horn BookAward, andAbe Lincoln Crosses a Creek,illustrated by John Hendrix, an ALA Notable Book and a Junior Library Guild Selection. Her most recent book isA Boy Called Dickens.Her many other acclaimed titles include ALA NotableApples to Oregon, Under the Quilt of Night,andFannie in the Kitchen.

JAMES E. RANSOME is the illustrator of many titles, includingBefore There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George; Young Pelé: Soccer's First Star,a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards;Satchel Paige;andMajor Taylor: Champion Cyclist.He is also the illustrator ofSky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Buildingby Deborah Hopkinson, aBoston Globe-Horn BookAward and an ALA Notable Book;Creation,which won a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration; andLet My People Goby Patricia C. McKissack, winner of an NAACP Image Award. Visit him at JamesRansome.comCN