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324 pp.
| Viking |
October, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-670-06134-4$16.99
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4-6
In 1943, ten-year-old Dewey's dad is working at Los Alamos with hundreds of other scientists and their families. Klages evokes both the big-sky landscape of the Southwest and a community where "everything is secret," focusing on the society of the children who live there. History and story are drawn together with confidence in this intense but accessible page-turner.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2006