Title: Bomb
Description: In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Britain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific community; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German heavy-water manufacturing; and deep in the desert, one brilliant group of scientists was hidden away at a remote site at Los Alamos. This is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world's most formidable weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb.
Subjects: Operation Freshman, 1942, Secret service, World War, 1939-1945, Atomic bomb, Commando operations, History, Newbery Honor 2013, National Book Award Finalist 2013, Sibert Medal 2013, Cold War, Cold War (1945-1989) cct, World War (1939-1945) cct, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Newbery Medal: Honor book, Scientists, Natural history, Commando troops, Juvenile literature, Cold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978, Operation Freshman (1942) cct, War and conflict, Military history, Dictators, Operation Freshman (1942) fast (OCoLC)fst01046325, Arms race, Atomic bomb, juvenile literature, World war, 1939-1945, juvenile literature, World war, 1939-1945, secret service, nyt:childrens-middle-grade=2013-02-17, New York Times bestseller, Juvenile nonfiction, Newbery Honor, Atomic bomb--history, World war, 1939-1945--secret service, World war, 1939-1945--secret service--soviet union, World war, 1939-1945--secret service--great britain, World war, 1939-1945--commando operations, World war, 1939-1945--commando operations--norway--vemork, Atomic bomb--germany--history, Ug1282.a8 s235 2012, 623.4/5119, award:Sibert_award, award:Newbery_award, lexile:920, lexile_range:901-1000, age:min:10, age:max:13, grade:min:Kindergarten and up, grade:max:undefined
Places: Vemork, Norway, Great Britain, Germany, Soviet Union
People: Robert Oppenheimer, Harry Gold, Ted Hall, Klaus Fuchs, Richard Feynman
Time periods: World War II