The Green Glass Sea
$26.11
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2008
Summary
A heartfelt story of a budding friendship in the thick of the war–winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142411490 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0142411493 |
| Author: | Ellen Klages |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 24mm |
| Series: | The Gordon Family Saga |
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Critics Review
“Klages makes an impressive debut with an ambitious, meticulously researched novel set during WWII. Writing from the points of view of two displaced children, she successfully recreates life at Los Alamos Camp, where scientists and mathematicians converge with their families to construct and test the first nuclear bomb.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Cameo appearances are made by such famous names as Richard Feynman (he helps Dewey build a radio) and Robert Oppenheimer, but the story, an intense but accessible page-turner, firmly belongs to the girls and their families; history and story are drawn together with confidence.” -The Horn Book Magazine, starred review
About The Author
Ellen Klages
Ellen Klages lives in San Francisco, California.
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