The Green Glass Sea
by:
Ellen Klages (author)
A backlist gem gets a brand-new look!It's 1943, and eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is en route to New Mexico to live with her mathematician father. Soon she arrives at a town that, officially, doesn't exist. It is called Los Alamos, and it is abuzz with activity, as scientists and mathematicians...
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A backlist gem gets a brand-new look!It's 1943, and eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is en route to New Mexico to live with her mathematician father. Soon she arrives at a town that, officially, doesn't exist. It is called Los Alamos, and it is abuzz with activity, as scientists and mathematicians from all over America and Europe work on the biggest secret of all--"the gadget." None of them--not J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project; not the mathematicians and scientists; and least of all, Dewey--know how much "the gadget" is about to change their lives.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142411490 (0142411493)
Publish date: May 1st 2008
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 321
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
History,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
War,
American History,
Coming Of Age,
World War II
Series: Green Glass (#1)
It is 1943, and almost eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is on a train to New Mexico, where she will live with her father. She doesn't know where in New Mexico, exactly; the corporal who took her to the station can't tell her. It's wartime, and so many things are secret. Soon she arrives at a town th...
Two girls growing up at Los Alamos in the 1940s gradually build a friendship against the looming backdrop of the war effort. Middle grade is where it's at, apparently. This is a sweet story that manages to touch on a lot of serious historical issues without ever losing its core emotional thread abou...
I cried so hard the first time I read this.
This is a slow and sad family drama played against the backdrop of Los Alamos - from the point of view of two of the children of scientists working on the "Gadget" in 1945. It's strange to be more aware of the layer of horror than the characters are, especially the children who are somewhat kept in...
Delightful book! Los Alamos through the eyes of Dewey, a young girl. Walk-ons by all my favorite scientists are a bonus. Strong writing, warmly realistic characters, and a unique story. Of course there were kids at Los Alamos- this is their story. Highly recommended.*re-read 10/14/08. I stand by the...
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