Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
34 Total Resources 10 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- 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
- Quiz 153499, 10.0 AR Points
- 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
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust and World War II
- Nonfiction, 9-10
- World War II, 6-12
- Great Reads Booklist
- Author-Fan Face-Off
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Steve Sheinkin about Bomb
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Steve Sheinkin
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Steve Sheinkin “Researching BOMB”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Author 4
Author Interviews 11
Meet-the-Author Recording with Steve Sheinkin
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Steve Sheinkin “Researching BOMB”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Author Fan Face-off with Steve Sheinkin
Created by Author-Fan Face-off
Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by National WWII Museum
Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by International Literacy Association
Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by Horn Book
Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by Read the Spirit
Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Steve Sheinkin
Created by Author Turf
Author Fan Face-off with Steve Sheinkin
Created by Author-Fan Face-off
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Writing Exercise from Author-Fan Face-off
Created by Author-Fan Face-off
Discussion Questions from Indiana Library Federation
Created by Indiana Library Federation
Lesson Plan from Classroom Bookshelf
Created by Classroom Bookshelf
Lesson Plan from Roaring Brook Press
Created by Roaring Brook Press
Book Readings 2
Video Book Reading narrated by Steve Sheinkin
Created by Author-Fan Face-off
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Roy Samuelson
Created by Books On Tape® / Listening Library
Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
Created by Vocabulary.com
Awards & Distinctions 10
YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2022
Winner, 2013
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2022
Honor, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
History Selection, 2012
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2021
Selection, 2012
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2012
Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their Twitter handles.
