Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race…

If you like book Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon here is the list of books you may also like

Buy this book on Amazon

Similar books (20)

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance

The extraordinary true story behind Ernest Shackleton's harrowing expedition to Antarctica on the Endurance—the ill-fated ship that became trapped in ice and sank to the ocean floor. Defying the odds,…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Bletchley Riddle

This middle grade historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother’s death.

Remember, you are bound …
Buy this book on Amazon
The Story of Science: Newton at the Center

In volume two, students will watch as Copernicus's systematic observations place the sun at the center of our universe—to the dismay of establishment thinkers. After students follow the achievements a…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world—and how the painting by Leonardo da…
Buy this book on Amazon
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team

An account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a you-are-there style that blends suspense, science, and cultural insight.

On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and th…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968 (My Name Is America)

The brother of an anti-war demonstrator, a young marine is fighting a war no one understands while his sister is fighting on the home front to end the war in Vietnam and bring her brother home.

An agon…
Buy this book on Amazon
A Wreath for Emmett Till

In 1955, people all over the United States knew that Emmett Louis Till was a fourteen-year-old African American boy lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. The brutality of h…
Buy this book on Amazon
Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

From award-winning author Candace Fleming, comes the powerful and fascinating story of the brave and dedicated young women who helped turn the tides of World War II for the Allies, with their hard wor…
Buy this book on Amazon
A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from 1770 to 1975. It includes political intrigues in Paris, London, Washington and Canberra. It is told …
Buy this book on Amazon
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

“When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can’t sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, ‘This is not right.’” – Claudette Colvin
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenag…
Buy this book on Amazon
The True Adventures of Charley Darwin

Buy this book on Amazon
Which None Can Shut

Buy this book on Amazon
The Labors of Hercules Beal

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday Wars, in which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill an assignment to perform the Twelv…
Buy this book on Amazon
Safe Harbor

An uplifting novel in verse about an immigrant girl adjusting to life in the US through her love of nature, music, and poetry, by the award-winning author of The Bridge HomeWhen Geetha and her mom mov…
Buy this book on Amazon
Countdown (The Sixties Trilogy, #1)

The story of a formative year in 12-year-old Franny Chapman's life, and the life of a nation facing the threat of nuclear war. Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her bes…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Story of Science: Einstein Adds a New Dimension

Buy this book on Amazon
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs—at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelli…
Buy this book on Amazon
Shakespeare's Secret

A missing diamond, a mysterious neighbor, a link to Shakespeare-can Hero uncover the connections?

When Hero starts sixth grade at a new school, she's less concerned about the literary origins of her Sh…
Buy this book on Amazon
Marcelo in the Real World

Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has been able to identify--and he's always attended a special school where his differences have been pro…
Buy this book on Amazon
A Ceiling Made of Eggshells

Set during the expulsion of Jews from Spain, a story about a young Jewish girl full of heart who must play her own role in her people’s epic history—no matter the sacrifice.

Surrounded by her large fa…
Buy this book on Amazon