- Fiction, Nuclear warfare, Disasters, Children's fiction
After an accidental nuclear explosion off the coast of California, Philip searches for his family through a heavily militarized and devastated Los Angeles.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and unpretentious.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Gloria D. Miklowitz
- First published
- March 1985
- Pages
- 137
- Publisher
- Scholastic, Scholastic Inc., Scholastic Paperbacks
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780590405683
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