The+Gadget

__The Gadget__, by Paul Zindel ISBN: 0-440-22951-0 c2001 182 pages R.L. 4.5 Points- 4

-pp. 10-11 where Stephen is just arriving in New Mexico
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

The year is 1944. Stephen is living with his father in Los Alamos, New Mexico on a secret military base. All Stephen knows is that his father is working with other physicists to develop something destructive and top secret for the war. When Stephen and his friend, Alexi start doing some investigating, Stephen realizes once and for all why his dad is being so secretive...and it’s not good news.
 * Summary:**

YA Fiction--historical fiction; World War II; atomic bomb; spy stories

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