Bomb (Steve Sheinkin)
Also known as Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
A book for ages 12 and up about Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project scientists and the spies around them
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- A book about Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project scientists and the spies around them, by Steve Sheinkin.
Why it matters
- For families listening together with children aged 12 and up.
Key facts
- Ages
- 12 and up; Common Sense Media 12+ (publisher 10-15)1
- Audiobook read by
- Roy Samuelson2
- Audiobook length
- 7 h 11 min2
- Published
- 2012, Roaring Brook Press1
- Award
- Sibert Medal 2013; YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction 2013 (winner)3
- Content to know about
- A group history more than a single biography. A lot of violence: graphic descriptions of the dead and wounded after Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor deaths; smoking; very little language.1
Connections
Written by
- Steve Sheinkin
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Sources
- Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon: age range and content (Common Sense Media) (opens commonsensemedia.org)
- Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon: audiobook (schoollibraryjournal.com) (opens schoollibraryjournal.com)
- Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon: award (en.wikipedia.org) (opens en.wikipedia.org)
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