White Sands, Red Menace

Written by Ellen Klages

Book #2 in the The Gordon Family Saga series

A girl's world is upended when her estranged mother returns to reclaim her in post-war New Mexico.

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344 pages· 67,529 words· Est. 9.5 hour read· 690L

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Bookroo's summary

In 1946 New Mexico, Dewey Kerrigan finds solace with the Gordons, a family immersed in rockets and peace efforts. As she bonds with her new 'sister' Suze, Dewey's life is disrupted by the sudden return of her estranged mother, Rita Gallucci, who threatens to take her away from the stability she's found. Will Dewey choose the family she's grown to love or the mother she barely knows? As secrets unravel and loyalties are tested, Dewey must navigate a world where science and family collide, and her future hangs in the balance.

From the publisher

It is 1946, and the events of “The Green Glass Sea” have changed the world?and Dewey Kerrigan’s life. She’s now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dr. Gordon is working on rockets that will someday go to the moon; Mrs. Gordon is working on stopping the Bomb. Meanwhile, Dewey and her ?sister, ? Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. Then, like a different kind of dropped bomb, Dewey’s long-lost mother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives. And she wants to take her daughter away.

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