The green glass sea

Description

It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father--but no one will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's working on a top secret government program.

Subjects

Juvenile fiction Fiction Fathers and daughters Scientists Manhattan Project (U.S.) Friendship World War, 1939-1945 Atomic bomb Children's fiction Girls, fiction United states, history, 20th century, fiction Scientists, fiction

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