New York:: The Viking Press,, (2008.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A sequel to her award-winning historical novel 'The Green Glass Sea.' In this book, it is 1946 and World War II is over - and the Gordons have moved from Los Alamos south to Alamogordo, New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp plus an author's note.

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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?

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 50293
Title: WHITE SANDS, RED MENACE.
Author: Klages, Ellen
Format/Binding: SIGNED hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: New Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Jacket Condition: fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0670062359
ISBN 13: 9780670062355
Publisher: The Viking Press,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: (2008.)
Keywords: new mexico setting, atomic bomb, historical fiction, world war ii fiction,
Bookseller catalogs: Young adult books;

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