White Sands, Red Menace - (Gordon Family Saga) by Ellen Klages (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this sequel to "The Green Glass Sea," it is 1946 and Dewey Kerrigan is living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Meanwhile, Dewey and her sister, Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Engrossing historical fiction from the Scott O'Dell Award-winning author of <i>The Green Glass Sea</i>!</b> <p/>It is 1946. World War II is over, ended by the atomic bomb that Dewey Kerrigan's and Suze Gordon's scientist parents helped build. Dewey's been living with the Gordons since before the war's end, before her father died, moving south with them to Alamogordo, New Mexico. At the White Sands Missile Range, Phil Gordon is working on rockets that will someday go to the moon; at home, Terry Gordon is part of the scientists' movement against the Bomb. Dewey and Suze have conflicts of their own. Where does a girl who likes physics and math fit in? How do you know the right time to speak up and the right time to keep your head down? And, most important of all: What defines a family?<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>* First-rate historical fiction.--<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <p/>Sensitively portrays the early coming-of-age of two likable characters in a unique setting.--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>A Junior Library Guild selection.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ellen Klages was born in Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Philosophy.
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