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Title: The Year of the Bomb
Condition: New
Author: Ronald Kidd
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 1416958924
EAN: 9781416958925
ISBN: 9781416958925
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Genre: Children's Reference
Topic: Personal Development, Children's Books
Release Date: 09/06/2009
Description: The year is 1955, and there’s nothing that Paul and his best friends, Oz, Arnie, and Crank, love more than horror movies. So when Invasion of the Body Snatchers starts filming in their small California town, they couldn’t be more excited. But when their acquaintance with Laura and Darryl, extras on the movie, leads to an involvement in a possible Communist conspiracy, Paul is afraid that they’re in too deep. It’s not a horror movie anymore—this is real life. From acclaimed storyteller Ronald Kidd comes this coming-of-age tale about taking a stand, following the crowd, and navigating the gray areas in between. Read more Continue reading Read less FROM SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Grade 4-7–In the 1950s in Sierra Madre, CA, four seventh graders, enamored of horror movies, have the thrill of a lifetime when a movie crew comes to town to film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Paul is the narrator. His colorful friends include the son of a blacklisted sound editor, a scrawny scaredy-cat, and a tough guy who can't help picking on the others. The Red Scare plays a prominent role as the boys investigate a professor at a nearby university who worked on the Manhattan Project and was friendly with a Russian spy. The novel covers a lot of ground. The boys are charming and real, although readers may come away wishing there had been more closure concerning the children's family lives and interpersonal relationships. Still, they will learn a lot about the era, and the details about the horror and science-fiction genres and the movie industry are stellar. Expect questions about spies and bombs, and circulation of 1950s horror flicks to skyrocket.–Jake Pettit, Thompson Valley High School, Loveland, CO
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ronald Kidd is the author ofthe highly acclaimed Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial, as well as On Beale Street. His novels of adventure, comedy, and mystery have received the Children's Choice Award, an Edgar Award nomination, and honors from the American Library Association, the Library of Congress, and the New York Public Library. He is a two-time O'Neill playwright who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more Continue reading Read less
Language: English
Intended Audience: 7 - 9, 12 years and up
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 215mm
Item Length: 148mm
Item Width: 20mm
Item Weight: 308g
Type: Literature & Fiction
Release Year: 2009

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