And Then the Sky Exploded /
Poulsen, David A., 1946- , author.
And Then the Sky Exploded / David A. Poulsen. - Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2016. - 206 pages ; 21 cm
"While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War. On a school trip to Japan, Chris meets eighty-one-year-old Yuko, who was eleven when the first bomb exploded over Hiroshima, horribly injuring her. Christian is determined to do something to make up for what his great-grandfather did. But after all this time, what can one teenager really do? His friends tell him it's a stupid idea, that there's nothing he can do. And maybe they're right."--Publisher's description
Middle grade / teen.
Red Maple Award official selection, 2018
9781459736375
20169022471
Manhattan Project (U.S.)--Fiction.
Atomic bomb--Fiction.
Great-grandfathers--Fiction.
FICTION / General.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
F POU
And Then the Sky Exploded / David A. Poulsen. - Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2016. - 206 pages ; 21 cm
"While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War. On a school trip to Japan, Chris meets eighty-one-year-old Yuko, who was eleven when the first bomb exploded over Hiroshima, horribly injuring her. Christian is determined to do something to make up for what his great-grandfather did. But after all this time, what can one teenager really do? His friends tell him it's a stupid idea, that there's nothing he can do. And maybe they're right."--Publisher's description
Middle grade / teen.
Red Maple Award official selection, 2018
9781459736375
20169022471
Manhattan Project (U.S.)--Fiction.
Atomic bomb--Fiction.
Great-grandfathers--Fiction.
FICTION / General.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
F POU