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And then the sky exploded

Author: David A Poulsen; Shannon Whibbs
Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn, [2016] ©2016
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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When Christian Deaver learns that his great-grandfather was part of the team that built the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in World War II, he encounters a Hiroshima survivor and tries to make amends.
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Teen fiction
Fiction
Juvenile works
Juvenile fiction
Additional Physical Format: Poulsen, David A., 1946-
And then the sky exploded./.
Toronto : Dundurn, 2016
(CaOONL)2016902248X
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David A Poulsen; Shannon Whibbs
ISBN: 9781459736375 1459736370
OCLC Number: 940363794
Notes: "Editor: Shannon Whibbs"--Title page verso.
Awards: "Red Maple Award Nominee".
Description: 206 pages ; 21 cm
Responsibility: David A. Poulsen.

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Ninth-grader Christian Deaver learns his great-grandfather was part of the team that built the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in World War II. During a school trip to Japan, he meets a Hiroshima  Read more...

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