Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2012
Word Count 60,534
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 153499
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Operation Freshman, 1942
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Soviet Union
- Atomic bomb--History
- World War, 1939-1945
- Vemork
- World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Norway--Vemork
- Atomic bomb--Germany--History
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | History of Science
- Great Britain
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Inventions
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Commando operations
- Norway
- Secret service
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain
- History
- Germany
- Soviet Union
- Atomic bomb
- Lists With This Book
- Holocaust and World War II
- Nonfiction, 9-10
- World War II, 6-12
- Resources to Support Collaborate
- Current PAUSD Lit List
- 7th Grade LDG
- Niles High School Books
- Revised PAUSD Lit List - Grade 7
- 7th Grade Suggested Reading 2020-21
- History
- Tappping the Power of Nonfiction
- Standards Titles
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Steve Sheinkin about Bomb
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Steve Sheinkin
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Steve Sheinkin “Researching BOMB”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Writing Exercise from Steve Sheinkin
Created by Steve Sheinkin

Discussion Questions from Indiana Library Federation
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Lesson Plan from Classroom Bookshelf
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Lesson Plan from Roaring Brook Press
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Book Readings 2

Video Book Reading narrated by Steve Sheinkin
Created by Steve Sheinkin

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Roy Samuelson
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 10

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2021
Honor, 2013

YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2021
Winner, 2013

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
History Selection, 2012

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2012

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2012
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