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A gadget-obsessed engineering prodigy who is a girl? Unusual, to say the least — but the year is 1946 and this girl is growing up in a post-WWII scientific community with the Cold War looming. As someone who rarely reads historical fiction and has only a lukewarm interest in atomic physics or rocket science, I have to hand it to Ellen Klages for creating middle-grade fiction that is so gripping and so thought-provoking that I cannot wait for her next project. Be sure to get White Sands, Red Menace into the hands of every scientifically inclined young person in your life! Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:It is 1946, and the events of The Green Glass Sea have changed the world?and Dewey Kerrigan?s life. She?s now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dr. Gordon is working on rockets that will someday go to the moon; Mrs. Gordon is working on stopping the Bomb. Meanwhile, Dewey and her ?sister,? Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. Then, like a different kind of dropped bomb, Dewey?s long-lost mother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives. And she wants to take her daughter away. Review:"Picking up a year after the close of The Green Glass Sea, this strong sequel finds Suze and Dewey (short for Duodecima) living near Los Alamos with Suze's scientist parents, who with Dewey's late father had helped build the atom bomb. In the aftermath of Hiroshima, Suze's mother has begun organizing scientists against war, while her father throws himself into his work to maintain the U.S.'s edge over the Soviets and 'Uncle Joe.' This tense drama weaves family conflict with difficult political history: after a Thanksgiving dinner, Suze discovers that the guest her father has invited, an ex-Nazi who is now his colleague, helped run a German bomb factory where 20,000 slave laborers died. Equally gripping are the ongoing, rarely voiced struggles at home, not just between the parents but between the girls and their uneasy rivalry for Suze's mother's attention and affection. Klages has a gift for opening moral dilemmas to middle-graders — she includes (and sources) just enough information to engage her readers without detracting from her characters' emotional lives. Once again she offers up first-rate historical fiction. Ages 10 — up." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:The atomic bomb that ends World War II ushers in new worries for 12-year-old Suze Gordon and her friend Dewey Kerrigan. In this sequel to the acclaimed "The Green Glass Sea," the girls are settling into the rocket-testing town of Alamogordo, N.M. Suze's parents, who both worked on the bomb, now seem to be following divergent paths. Her mother wants to educate the public about bomb-related dangers,... Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review) Synopsis:In this sequel to "The Green Glass Sea," it is 1946 and Dewey Kerrigan is living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Meanwhile, Dewey and her sister, Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. About the AuthorEllen Klages lives in San Francisco, California. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment: 
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