- Juvenile fiction, Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Manhattan Project (U.S.)
In 1945, having joined his father at Los Alamos, where he and other scientists are working on a secret project to end World War II, thirteen-year-old Stephen becomes caught in a web of secrecy and intrigue.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Paul Zindel
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 184
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, HarperCollins Publishers, Laurel Leaf
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060278120
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“Stephen waited until his mother and aunt were out in the kitchen making coffee before he slipped away from the family dinner table.”
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