Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Sheinkin is truly adept at crafting research into an engaging narrative. Even though I know the history here, I became caught up in his narrative as if it were a suspense novel. 'Will the Norweigans be able to blow up the heavy water plant?' 'Will the weather really break so they can perform the Trinity test?'

This is certainly a contender for the Newbery Medal, as well as the Seibert and a few others.

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