Meg and the Rocks

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A thirteen-year-old girl. A vast pile of uranium.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Two stories of one country as World War II rages. For ages 11 and up.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Meg daughter of American Protestant missionaries is more at home in Japan where she grew up. But now she finds herself in a world of strangers in a country that should welcome her.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>All she wants is to make some friends but she'll find that it will require all her dedication and strength to stand up for Deanna her friend who's imprisoned in an internment camp in Manzanar CA. Can she bridge the gulf being created by the US government and protect Deanna from an abuser?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Meanwhile WWII is creating rifts between countries and the world is in a race to build a bomb. Who will get there first?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Inspired by historical events and true stories </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Meg and the Rocks</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is an extraordinary novel that proves the bonds of friendship can make hope flourish even in hopeless times.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If you're looking for a book for a young adult reader that explains the development of the atomic bomb and Oppenheimer then get Meg and the Rocks (no younger than 11 due to witnessing and dealing with the physical abuse of a friend).</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>1st place in NM Press Women Communication Contest! 2nd place National Federation of Press Women!</strong></p><p></p>