{"product_id":"and-then-the-sky-exploded-david-a-poulsen-9781459736375","title":"And Then the Sky Exploded","description":"\u003ci\u003e2018 Red Maple Award -- Shortlisted - High Plains Book Award -- Shortlisted, Young Adult category\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Christian learns his great-grandfather helped build the A-bombs dropped on Japan, he wants to make amends ... somehow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a school trip to Japan, Chris meets eighty-one-year-old Yuko, who was eleven when the first bomb exploded over Hiroshima, horribly injuring her. Christian is determined to do something to make up for what his great-grandfather did. But after all this time, what can one teenager really do? His friends tell him it's a stupid idea, that there's \u003ci\u003enothing\u003c\/i\u003e he can do. And maybe they're right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But maybe, just maybe ... they're wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David A. Poulsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459736370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459736375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2016 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2016 pg. 96","brand":"David A. Poulsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989855895807,"sku":"9781459736375","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4099841b-6b40-442f-82e8-00cb7014f92b.jpg?v=1683301735","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/and-then-the-sky-exploded-david-a-poulsen-9781459736375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}