Gordon Family Saga The Green Glass Sea, Book 1, (Paperback)

from FrancescaForrest

Enjoyed this book so very, very much. The two main characters were wonderful people to spend times with; I loved their different creativities and how they came to be friends. I liked that there were sympathetic adults in the story, and yet that didn't make things easier for the kids--this was cer...

from FrancescaForrest

Enjoyed this book so very, very much. The two main characters were wonderful people to spend times with; I loved their different creativities and how they came to be friends. I liked that there were sympathetic adults in the story, and yet that didn't make things easier for the kids--this was cer...

from ChazziFrazz

It is 1943 and eleven-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is travelling to New Mexico to live with her father. She was living with her Nana, who had a stroke and can't take care of Dewey anymore. Her father is a mathematician working for the government, her mother hasn't been in Dewey's life since she was tw...

from ElizabethAndrew

Awesome story. Klages gives a detailed child's perspective into life at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. I come away with compassion for the dedicated scientists and mathematicians who sacrificed a lot for their country, unknowingly creating the greatest horror in history.

from abbylibrarian

This book intertwines the stories of Dewey (called "Screwy Dewey" by her meaner classmates) and Suze (called "Truck" by her meaner classmates) who are thrust together while their parents are working on a top-secret "gadget" at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Dewey has come to live with her father. She's ...