Bomb by Theodore Taylor (1995, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100152008675
ISBN-139780152008673
eBay Product ID (ePID)40922

Product Key Features

Book TitleBomb
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicPeople & Places / Australia & Oceania, General, Historical / Military & Wars
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorTheodore Taylor
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN95-010683
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Reviews[set star] "Delivers readers into the middle of a harrowing, if neglected, piece of history."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred)
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
Dewey DecimalFIC
Edition DescriptionAbridged edition
SynopsisIt is 1946, a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and World War II is over. But the U.S. government has decided that further tests of atomic bombs must be conducted. Bikini Atoll is chosen for the testing site, so the people who have lived there for generations must be relocated for two years. Sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu believes the Americans are lying and that it will never be safe for his people to return. He must find a way to stop the first bomb before it is dropped .. . even if that means risking his own destruction. This chilling novel is based on the true story of atomic weapons testing at Bikini Atoll in the western Pacific Ocean. "A haunting, soundly researched work."-- Publishers Weekly, A teenager takes the safety of a whole island into his own hands, trying to stop tests of the atomic bomb., It is 1946, a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and World War II is over. But the U.S. government has decided that further tests of atomic bombs must be conducted. Bikini Atoll is chosen for the testing site, so the people who have lived there for generations must be relocated for two years. Sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu believes the Americans are lying and that it will never be safe for his people to return. He must find a way to stop the first bomb before it is dropped . . . even if that means risking his own destruction. This chilling novel is based on the true story of atomic weapons testing at Bikini Atoll in the western Pacific Ocean. "A haunting, soundly researched work."-- Publishers Weekly
LC Classification NumberPZ7.T2186Bo 1995

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