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White Sands, Red Menace

White Sands, Red Menace Hardcover - 2008

by Ellen Klages

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It is 1946, and the events of The Green Glass Seahave changed the world and Dewey Kerrigan'slife. She's now living near the White Sands MissileRange in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dr.Gordon is working on rockets that will somedaygo to the moon; Mrs. Gordon is working on stoppingthe Bomb. Meanwhile, Dewey and her 'sister,'Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust tohigh school in an isolated desert town. Then, like adifferent kind of dropped bomb, Dewey's long-lostmother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives. Andshe wants to take her daughter away.

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Penguin Publishing Group, 2008. Hardcover. As New. Disclaimer:Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title White Sands, Red Menace
  • Author Ellen Klages
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st/1st
  • Condition New
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 2008
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0670062359I2N00
  • ISBN 9780670062355 / 0670062359
  • Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.52 x 5.82 x 1.12 in (21.64 x 14.78 x 2.84 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 690
  • Library of Congress subjects Family, Scientists
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010287007
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

It is 1946, and the events of The Green Glass Sea have changed the world?and Dewey Kerrigan?s life. She?s now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dr. Gordon is working on rockets that will someday go to the moon; Mrs. Gordon is working on stopping the Bomb. Meanwhile, Dewey and her ?sister,? Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. Then, like a different kind of dropped bomb, Dewey?s long-lost mother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives. And she wants to take her daughter away.

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.

About the author

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.

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