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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2006 · Est. 9.5 hour read
The Green Glass Sea
By Ellen Klages
Book #1 in the The Gordon Family Saga series
In 1943, a secret town hides a world-changing project and an unexpected friendship.
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321 pages· 67,707 words· Est. 9.5 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
In 1943, young Dewey Kerrigan moves to a mysterious town in New Mexico, where her father and other brilliant minds work on a top-secret project. As she navigates this hidden world, Dewey forms an unlikely friendship amidst the looming shadow of 'the gadget.' What secrets will unravel, and how will this invention alter their lives forever?
From the publisher
A heartfelt story of a budding friendship in the thick of the war–winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction It’s 1943, and eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is en route to New Mexico to live with her mathematician father. Soon she arrives at a town that, officially, doesn’t exist. It is called Los Alamos, and it is abuzz with activity, as scientists and mathematicians from all over America and Europe work on the biggest secret of all–the gadget. None of them–not J. Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the Manhattan Project; not the mathematicians and scientists; and least of all, Dewey–know how much the gadget is about to change their lives.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 321
- Words
- 67,707
- Reading age
- 8–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 790L
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The The Gordon Family Saga series
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.6
- F&P level
- ~S
- AR points
- 10
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 109556
Publication
- Published
- May 1, 2008
- First published
- October 19, 2006
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780142411490
- OCLC
- 183265879
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