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Description
It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father--but no one will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's working on a top secret government program.
Local notes
Series: Dewey Kerrigan 1
Publication
New York: Puffin Books
Pages
321
Awards
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Locus Award (Finalist — First Novel — 2007)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2008)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Medalist — 2007)
Scott O'Dell Award (2007)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2008)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Junior Book Award — 2009)
Locus Recommended Reading (First Novel — 2006)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (New Mexico)