The Gadget -

Paul Zindel

Random House Children's Books

2003

184 páginas

6h 8m

ISBN-13: 9780440229513

Thirteen-year-old Stephen Orr arrives at Los Alamos in 1945 to join his father, a leading physicist at the Army's remote and top-secret military base in New Mexico. There Stephen makes a startling discovery: The Allies are developing a secret weapon, code-named "The Gadget"—a devastating device designed to end all wars.
Weaving together historical fact with fast-paced drama, award-winning author Paul Zindel tells the story of one boy caught in the dangerous web of lies and intrigue surrounding Los Alamos in the final months before the explosion of the first atomic bomb.