The Race to Build the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

Discover the riveting tale of the race to create and possess the world's most powerful weapon in "Bomb: The Race to Build―and Steal–the World's Most Dangerous Weapon" by bestselling author Steve Sheinkin. Ideal for middle-grade readers and history enthusiasts, this book unveils the captivating and chilling true story behind the arms race and the Cold War.

This ebook, recognized with a Newbery Honor and a Nationwide Guide Awards finalist for Younger Folks’s Literature, is also titled as one of the Washington Put up's Best Youngsters Books of the Year. It tells a captivating story about race, conflict, and the impact of world events, weaving together a narrative that keeps readers engaged from start to finish.

In December 1938, a German chemist had a groundbreaking revelation. By placing Uranium next to radioactive substances, the atom split in two. This simple yet profound discovery sparked a global scientific quest that unfolded across three continents, shaping the future of the world.

In Nice Britain and the USA, Soviet spies labored their method into the scientific group; in Norway, a commando power slipped behind enemy traces to assault German heavy-water manufacturing; and deep within the desert, one sensible group of scientists was hidden away at a distant website at Los Alamos. That is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world’s most formidable weapon. That is the story of the atomic bomb.

“This very good and thrilling work of nonfiction can be a tremendous tonic for any jaded adolescent who thinks historical past is ‘boring.’ It is also a superb primer for grownup readers who could have forgotten, or by no means discovered, the outstanding story of how nuclear weaponry was first imagined, invented and deployed―and of how a global arms race started effectively earlier than there was such a factor as an atomic bomb.” ― The Wall Avenue Journal

“That is edge-of-the seat materials that can resonate with YAs who clamor for true spy tales, and it’ll undoubtedly engross a cross-market viewers of adults who dozed by the World Conflict II unit in highschool.” ― The Bulletin (starred evaluation)

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The Infamous Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Journey, Heroism & Treachery
The Port Chicago 50: Catastrophe, Mutiny, and the Combat for Civil Rights
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian Faculty Soccer Crew
Most Harmful: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret Historical past of the Vietnam Conflict
Which Option to the Wild West?: All the pieces Your Schoolbooks Did not Inform You About Westward Enlargement
King George: What Was His Downside?: All the pieces Your Schoolbooks Did not Inform You Concerning the American Revolution
Two Depressing Presidents: All the pieces Your Schoolbooks Did not Inform You Concerning the Civil Conflict
Born to Fly: The First Ladies’s Air Race Throughout America