![]() ![]() They round up the best scientists in the country, open secret military towns in different locations to start working on it, and try to keep it as secret as humanly possible. One is in America, with the US government trying to build the atomic bomb, once Einstein convinced FDR that the other countries involved in WWII were certainly trying to build one as well. There are three story lines going on here. It is very likely that this is the best non-fiction for children/young adults that I have ever read. (It also was the Cybils winner in the non-fiction category). Remember how it won three different awards from the ALA when it came out? It deserved them all and more. This book was so ridiculously, unbelievably good. ![]() Long ago I gave up giving books rankings because it was making me so insane, but if I WERE to give Bomb a numerical rating, it would absolutely be a ten. ![]()
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