Strasser, Todd Fallout, 258 pgs. Candlewick Press. 2013. $16.99.
Language: PG (5 swear); Violence: PG; Mature Content: PG13 (Adult nudity - not graphic, teen boy conversations)
Language: PG (5 swear); Violence: PG; Mature Content: PG13 (Adult nudity - not graphic, teen boy conversations)
In the 1962 American suburbs, eleven -year-old Scott’s dad has built an extension to their house, including a fallout shelter. The neighbors think he’s crazy, until Russia really does drop a bomb and Scott’s family uses the new shelter (along with a few neighbors who forced their way in.) The family planned for 4 people, now there are 10 and one is badly injured. Tempers are short, is their time short, too?
Written in alternating chapters (before the bomb and after) this well-told study in revisionist history lets the reader consider “what if?”
MS ADVISABLE - - Lisa Librarian
MS ADVISABLE - - Lisa Librarian
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