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This first novel from Nebula Award-winning short-story writer Ellen Klages was picked as a Junior Library Guild selection and named a Book Sense Number-One Children's Pick. It follows a young girl named Dewey, whose father is part of a super-secret project in 1943 Los Alamos. Dewey, a gifted scientist herself, slowly realizes the implications of "the gadget" her father is working on. She and Suze, another Los Alamos child, find comfort in each other's friendship.©2007 Ellen Klages (P)2007 Recorded Books Historical Fiction Family Life Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Social & Life Skills Primary Education

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"The characters are exceptionally well drawn, and the compelling, unusual setting makes a great tie-in for history classes." ( Booklist)
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This is the perfect introduction to the era. A lot of ways to spin off for further study into the time.

Loved it! A great era intro for ages ten to adult.

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I've always been fascinated by stories about the atomic bomb. Then this book cakes along and tells it from the point of view of a preteen girl living at Los Alamos. Yes, this is interesting!

Engaging storyline

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it was really cool. . . . . . . . . . . . . # awesome

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This book is one of the most well written books I have ever read. I very much felt an emotional connection during the time of Dewys fathers death the fighting of Suze’s parents. I do not prefer to read books, they are not my cup of tea. However this book showed me what it was like to live during the early and mid 1900’s and the trauma and chaos during that time. The end of the book was marvelous, it was short but somehow long and meaningful. Overall this book was brilliantly written.

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This book is about a horrific time in history, but the writing, the performance, the story and the characters are soothing to me. I can think of no gentler way to learn what it was like in New Mexico just before WWII ended.

Soothing

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