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2) The bomb
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
197 pages mapages, ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
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...
3) Hiroshima
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
56 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.
Author
Publisher
Dundurn
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
206 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Christian Deaver learns that his great-grandfather was part of the team that built the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in World War II, he encounters a Hiroshima survivor and tries to make amends.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In an alternate 1930s Europe, sixteen-year-old Sophie and Mikael, now more than a friend, investigate her parents' death, setting off a chain of events that unravels everything she thought she knew about her family, and involving them in international intrigue and the development of the atomic bomb.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Nozomi's understanding of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 is transformed when she learns how those she knows and loves were affected by the event. Includes author's notes.