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Feb 11, 2003 | ISBN 9780440229513 | Young Adult Buy
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Feb 11, 2003 | ISBN 9780440229513 | Young Adult
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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Paul Zindel was a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and received numerous accolades and citations for his young adult novels. Several of his books were named ALA Best Book for Young Adults and New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year.
“Zindel combines a canny mix of innocence and intelligence, and thus allows readers to examine carefully a complex set of questions about moral and political issues and responsibilities.”–Publishers Weekly, Starred
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