Most Dangerous

Most Dangerous is Steve Sheinkin's gripping narrative nonfiction account of Daniel Ellsberg and the leak of the Pentagon Papers, told for young adult readers. The book follows Ellsberg from his early days as a Marine to his position at RAND, where he becomes convinced that the U.S. government has been lying about the true scope and cost of the Vietnam War. As the story builds toward 1971, it captures the tension of a man deciding whether to risk everything on exposing classified documents that could change American history.