Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin • Related Edition: Graphic
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2012
Word Count 60,534
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 153499, 10 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Operation Freshman, 1942
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Soviet Union
- Atomic bomb--History
- World War, 1939-1945
- Vemork
- World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Norway--Vemork
- Atomic bomb--Germany--History
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
- Great Britain
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Commando operations
- Norway
- Secret service
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain
- History
- Germany
- Soviet Union
- Atomic bomb
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Steve Sheinkin about Bomb
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Awards & Distinctions 10
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ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2013
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
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YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024
Winner, 2013
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Honor, 2013
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History Selection, 2012
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Selection, 2012
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