The green glass seaIt 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. |
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User Review - Cheryl_in_CC_NV - LibraryThingToo quiet, too subtle, I think, for most kids. I liked the kids as good role models for young readers, but I didn't actually *like* them, or empathize with them, or feel like I would want to be ... Read full review
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User Review - Katya0133 - LibraryThingA touching story about friendship and loss, set against the meticulously researched backdrop of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Read full review
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| Title | The green glass sea |
| Author | Ellen Klages |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Scholastic, Inc., 2006 |
| ISBN | 0545036135, 9780545036139 |
| Length | 321 pages |
| Subjects | Fathers and daughters Friendship Scientists |
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