Book Post #31- Bomb: The Race To Build- And Steal- The World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin

Sibert Medal Winner 2013

Sheinkin, S. (2012). Bomb: the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon. New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press.

Bomb: The Race To Build-And Steal-The World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin is about the creation of the atomic bomb.  This informational text takes you from the German lab in 1938 on a journey of spies and sabotage.  Students who like history will definitely find this an exciting read.  This would be the perfect book to pair with a unit on WWII.  You will read about Harry Gold who was a spy for the Soviets and Robert Oppenheimer who was the leader of the Manhattan Project.