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Chapter Book · 1963
Cat's Cradle
A deadly invention threatens to freeze the world. Can it be stopped?
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178 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Dr. Felix Hoenikker's creation, 'ice-nine', can freeze the planet. As the world teeters on the brink, his eccentric children and a Caribbean dictator hold the key to humanity's fate. Will madness prevail, or can the impending doom be averted?
From the publisher
Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding ‘fathers’ of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of ‘ice-nine’, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker’s three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 178
- Audience
- Adult
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The fine print
Book details
Publication
- Published
- December 1, 1999
- First published
- January 1, 1963
- Publisher
- Penguin Group(CA)
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780140285604
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