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White Sands, Red Menace

White Sands, Red Menace Paperback - 2010

by Ellen Klages

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It is 1946. World War II is over - ended by theatomic bomb that Dewey Kerrigan's and SuzeGordon's scientist parents helped build. Dewey'sbeen living with the Gordons since before the war'send, before her father died, moving south with themto Alamogordo, New Mexico. At the White SandsMissile Range, Phil Gordon is working on rocketsthat will someday go to the moon; at home, TerryGordon is part of the scientists' movement againstthe Bomb. Dewey and Suze have conflicts of theirown. Where does a girl who likes physics and mathfit in? How do you know the right time to speak upand the right time to keep your head down? And,most important of all: What defines a family?

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Penguin Young Readers Group, 2010. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title White Sands, Red Menace
  • Author Ellen Klages
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group
  • Date 2010
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0142415189I5N00
  • ISBN 9780142415184 / 0142415189
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.75 x 5.13 x 0.91 in (19.69 x 13.03 x 2.31 cm)
  • Ages 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 690
  • Library of Congress subjects Family, Scientists
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

It is 1946. World War II is over?ended by the atomic bomb that Dewey Kerrigan?s and Suze Gordon?s scientist parents helped build. Dewey?s been living with the Gordons since before the war?s end, before her father died, moving south with them to Alamogordo, New Mexico. At the White Sands Missile Range, Phil Gordon is working on rockets that will someday go to the moon; at home, Terry Gordon is part of the scientists? movement against the Bomb. Dewey and Suze have conflicts of their own. Where does a girl who likes physics and math fit in? How do you know the right time to speak up and the right time to keep your head down? And, most important of all: What defines a family?

From the publisher

Ellen Klages was born a in Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Philosophy.

“It teaches you to ask questions and think logically, which are useful skills for just about any job.” she says. “But when I looked in the Want Ads under P, no philosophers. I’ve been a pinball mechanic, a photographer, and done paste-up for a printer.

“I’ve lived in San Francisco most of my adult life. The city wears its past in layers, glimpses of other eras visible on every street. I love to look through old newspapers and photos, trying to piece together its stories.

“I was at the Exploratorium, a hands-on science museum, working as proofreader, when they were looking for a science writer to do a children’s science activity book. No science background, but I convinced my boss that in order to ‘translate’ from a PhD physicist, I had to ask lots of questions, just like a curious kid. I got the job.

“My desk was covered with baking soda, Elmer’s glue, balloons, soap bubbles, and dozens of other common objects that became experiments, and the office echoed with the ‘Science-at-Home’ team saying, ‘Wow! Look at this!’

“My co-writer, Pat Murphy, a science-fiction author, encouraged me to write stories of my own. I’ve now sold more than a dozen. “Basement Magic,” a fairy tale set at the beginning of the Space Age, won the Nebula Award in 2005.

The Green Glass Sea is not science fiction, but it is fiction about science. And history and curiosity.”

Ellen Klages lives in San Francisco. The Green Glass Sea is her first novel.

Media reviews

"Klages has a gift for opening moral dilemmas tomiddle-graders - First-rate historical fiction." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Every bit as powerful as its predecessor." - School Library JournalEND

About the author

Ellen Klages was born in Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Philosophy.

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