The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi

A thrilling spy mission, a moving Holocaust story, and a first-class work of narrative nonfiction.

This Sydney Taylor Book Award- and YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award-winning story of Eichmann's capture is now a major motion picture starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, Operation Finale!

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one of the century's most important trials -- one that cemented the Holocaust in the public imagination.

This is the thrilling and fascinating story of what happened between these two events. Illustrated with powerful photos throughout, impeccably researched, and told with powerful precision, THE NAZI HUNTERS is a can't-miss work of narrative nonfiction for middle-grade and YA readers.

Author: Neal Bascomb
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 08/27/2013
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780545430999
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 160444 / Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi


Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Society of Midland Authors Award - Winner
Award: Alabama Camellia Award - Nominee
Award: Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Recommended
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2013
School Library Journal 08/01/2013 pg. 125
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2013 pg. 74
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2013 pg. 119
Shelf Awareness 09/20/2013
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2013 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Booklist 10/15/2013 pg. 40
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author

• Neal Bascomb is the author of The Nazi Hunters, winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award, among numerous other awards. School Library Journal called his second young adult book, Sabotage, excellent in a starred review and The Grand Escape a fantastic pick for avid history readers also in a starred review. In addition, he is the author of six nonfiction books for adults on subjects ranging from a 1905 Russian submarine mutiny to a contemporary high school robotics team. The Perfect Mile, Winter Fortress, and Hunting Eichmann went on to be New York Times and international bestsellers. His book The Racers was named a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book and a starred review from School Library Journal called The Racers Highly Recommended. Neal lives in Philadelphia with his family and rascal dog, Moses. Please visit his website at nealbascomb.com and follow him on Facebook @nealrbascomb.