The Green Glass Sea
by Ellen Klages
It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2006
Word Count 67,707
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 109556
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Technology | General
- Los Alamos (N.M.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Manhattan Project (U.S.)--Fiction
- Scientists--Fiction
- Manhattan Project (U.S.)--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Atomic bomb--Fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2021
Winner, 2007
Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2006
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