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It is 1946, a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and World War II is over. But the U.S. government has decided that further tests of atomic bombs must be conducted. When Bikini Atoll is chosen for the testing site, the inhabitants of the tiny island are told they must relocate for just two years. But sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu believes the Americans are lying and that it will never be safe to return. He must find a way to stop the first bomb before it is dropped … even if it means risking his own destruction. "Delivers readers into the middle of a harrowing, if neglected, piece of history."—Kirkus Reviews (starred)
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Winner of the 1996 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
It is 1946, a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and World War II is over. But the U.S. government has decided that further tests of atomic bombs must be conducted. When Bikini Atoll is chosen for the testing site, the inhabitants of the tiny island are told they must relocate for just two years. But sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu believes the Americans are lying and that it will never be safe to return. He must find a way to stop the first bomb before it is dropped … even if it means risking his own destruction.
"Delivers readers into the middle of a harrowing, if neglected, piece of history."—Kirkus Reviews (starred)
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Author Bio: Theodore Taylor
Theodore Taylor (1921-2006) was born in North Carolina and authored more than fifty books for children and adults. His novel The Weirdo won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery in 1992. He is best known for The Cay, which is considered a classic of young adult literature and is required reading in many schools across the US and internationally. The Cay won eleven literary awards, including the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was made into a television movie starring James Earl Jones in 1974.
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| Available Formats : | CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Runtime: | 4.33 |
| Audience: | Young Adult (12–17) |
| Language: | English |
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