The Gadget
Near the end of World War II, scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, are working on a project that will alter the fate of the world. Thirteen-year-old Stephen Orr is living at a top secret military base with his father who is a leading physicist building the atomic bomb. Stephen realizes the...
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Near the end of World War II, scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, are working on a project that will alter the fate of the world. Thirteen-year-old Stephen Orr is living at a top secret military base with his father who is a leading physicist building the atomic bomb. Stephen realizes the dangers involved when one of the scientists becomes hospitalized as a result of working with the project. The scientist alerts him to disasters that could come from The Gadget. Stephen feels it is up to him and his friend Tilanov to find the answers that lie behind this veil of secrecy.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440229513 (0440229510)
Publish date: February 11th 2003
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
A fast, easy read. Poor Stephen didn't know who the bad guys were, when it was freaking obvious halfway in. I would recommend this book to kids interested in history.
Told from the perspective of a teen living at "The Hill" this historicial book is not quite as interesting as the more recent Green Glass Sea .
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