Bomb
Published on 1. August 2007
208 pages
978-0-547-53764-1 (ISBN)
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It is 1946, a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and World War II is over. But the U.S. government has decided that further tests of atomic bombs must be conducted. When Bikini Atoll is chosen for the testing site, the inhabitants of the tiny island are told they must relocate for just two years. But sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu believes the Americans are lying and that it will never be safe to return. He must find a way to stop the first bomb before it is dropped . . . even ifit means risking his own destruction. Includes a reader's guide and an author's note.
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THEODORE TAYLOR (1921-2006) was the author of many award-winning and acclaimed middle grade and young adult novels, including The Maldonado Miracle, The Weirdo, and the modern classic The Cay .
