Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
Three related story lines starting in World War II are given fine treatment in an... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2012
Word Count 60,534
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 153499
- 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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Audio Name Pronunciation with Steve Sheinkin
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Steve Sheinkin “Researching BOMB”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Lesson Plan from Roaring Brook Press
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Book Readings 1

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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 11

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2020

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2020
Honor, 2013

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2021
Winner, 2013

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2012

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2012

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
History Selection, 2012
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