num_pages: 161
description: Shortly after the first atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, World War II came to and, and the terrible reality of the atomic age began . . . Sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu has lived on the Bikini Atoll in the western Pacific all his life. Now the United States government wants to use his home as a site for atomic weapons tests. The islanders are told that they must leave for the weapon tests. The islanders are told that they must leave the island in the interest of world peace but can return when the island is safe again. Sorry doesn't believe the story. He is sure that radioactive fallout will poison the warm blue waters and beautiful white sand beaches, and Bikini Atoll will be lost to its people forever. Sorry knows that he has no choice but stop this disaster before it starts -- even if it means standing alone against the U.S. military, and risking his own life to save his ancestral land.
language: English
title: The Bomb
titlecomplete: The Bomb
genres: Historical, World War II, Dystopia, Young Adult, War, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Military Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 726
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Scott O'Dell Award
publisher: Avon Flare