NonFiction #3
Bomb: The Race To Build - And Steal - The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Author: Steve Sheinkin
Credit: Steve Sheinkin
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sheinkin, Steve. The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. New York: Roaring Book Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-59643-487-5
PLOT SUMMARY
Spies, mystery, and risk-taking this story has it all. During December of 1938, a Chemist in Germany makes a shocking discovery. This leads to the research and development of the atomic bomb by our United States government. Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal, the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, is a detailed account of the creation of the atomic bomb to the conclusion of the war that ended World War II.
Spies, mystery, and risk-taking this story has it all. During December of 1938, a Chemist in Germany makes a shocking discovery. This leads to the research and development of the atomic bomb by our United States government. Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal, the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, is a detailed account of the creation of the atomic bomb to the conclusion of the war that ended World War II.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon is a nonfiction book about World War II, that reads like a story or narrative. Sheinkin includes dialogue and actual photographs. He also includes "characters" from real life and the story (plot) had amazing details about our world's history, including top secrets, along with the conclusion of the creation of the atomic bomb and dropping at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sheinkin includes an epilogue at the end of the book that keeps you updated on all the important "characters" of the book and the devastation that the bombs created. He also included source notes and quotation notes at the back of the book. The font of the book reads and looks like a newspaper, which I found interesting. It felt like I was going back in time. If you want excitement, risk-taking, spies, mystery, deceit, you have it all in Bomb!
Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon is a nonfiction book about World War II, that reads like a story or narrative. Sheinkin includes dialogue and actual photographs. He also includes "characters" from real life and the story (plot) had amazing details about our world's history, including top secrets, along with the conclusion of the creation of the atomic bomb and dropping at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sheinkin includes an epilogue at the end of the book that keeps you updated on all the important "characters" of the book and the devastation that the bombs created. He also included source notes and quotation notes at the back of the book. The font of the book reads and looks like a newspaper, which I found interesting. It felt like I was going back in time. If you want excitement, risk-taking, spies, mystery, deceit, you have it all in Bomb!
AWARDS AND REVIEWS
* Newbery Medal Honor Book - 2013
* School Library Journal Best Books of the Year - 2012
* American Library Association Notable Books for Children - 2013
* Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - 2013
* YALSA Award For Excellence In Nonfiction - 2013
* National Book Awards - Finalist - 2013
* Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year - 2013
* Washington Post Best Books of the Year - 2013
* Vermont Dorthy Canfield Fisher Award - 2013
* “In his highly readable storytelling style, Sheinkin (The Notorious Benedict Arnold) weaves together tales of scientific and technological discovery, back-alley espionage, and wartime sabotage in a riveting account of the race to build the first atomic weapon.” - Publishers Weekly
* “Sheinkin here maintains the pace of a thriller without betraying history (source notes and an annotated bibliography are exemplary) or skipping over the science; photo galleries introducing each section help readers organize the events and players. Writing with journalistic immediacy, the author eschews editorializing up through the chilling last lines: It's a story with no end in sight. And, like it or not, you're in it.” - Horn Book Magazine
CONNECTIONS
Activities To Use With This Book:
* Research the atomic bomb and watch video footage of the dropping of the atomic bomb and the effects of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
* Locate on a map Hiroshima and Nagasaki, create a timeline of the bombings.
* Research the atomic bomb and watch video footage of the dropping of the atomic bomb and the effects of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
* Locate on a map Hiroshima and Nagasaki, create a timeline of the bombings.
Book Connections:
* The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery -
ISBN 978-1250024602
* Lincoln's Grave Robber's - ISBN 978-0545405720
* The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery -
ISBN 978-1250024602
* Lincoln's Grave Robber's - ISBN 978-0545405720
* Blog created for the purpose of TWU, Children's Literature Course #5603, and for the love of reading!
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