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The Green Glass Sea
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Green Glass Sea: Book 1

The Green Glass Sea (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Ellen Klages (Author) (edit contributors)

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It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father—but no one, not her father nor the military guardians who accompany her, will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he’s working on a... read more

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In 1943, Dewey has to go on a train to New Mexico where she will live with her father on the hill. She doesn,t know where in New Mexico.a war is going on.
Soon she arrives at a town. It is called Los Alamos, and it is buzzing with activity, as scientists and mathematicians from all over... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

In 1943, Dewey has to go on a train to New Mexico where she will live with her father on the hill. She doesn,t know where in New Mexico.a war is going on.
Soon she arrives at a town. It is called Los Alamos, and it is buzzing with activity, as scientists and mathematicians from all over America and Europe. Dewey's father is one of them. they are working on the biggest secret of all, something that will end the war."Over the next few years, Dewey gets to know those scientists, starts working on her own projects, and locks horns with Suze Gordon, a budding artist.

None of them know how much "the gadget" is about to change their lives.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Dewey Kerrigan: Dewey is an outcast; she wears two different shoes on each of her feet because she broke her leg as a baby. Dewey is also obsessed with making inventions. She can look in a junk yard and find scraps then make a small wind-up toy or a small gadget. where they inventers leave all kinds of useful stuff. While living with her grandma, she finds gets word from her father that he is in Los Alamos. He is the family she has left so she has no choice but to go after her grandma is forced to stay in the hospital. There, she learns that she is going to live on a very secret place called "The Hill". Everything there is a secret and every child's parent is working almost everyday. While the parents are working most of the day on the whole reason they're all there, she earns a new friend and together they overcome the worst.
  • Suze: The "truck" Suze is mean to Dewy but then something suprising happens between the two girls.
  • Charlie: Add a description of this character.
  • Jack
  • Papa
  • Joyce
  • Nana
  • Barbara
  • Hill
  • Betty
  • Mr. Sandoval
  • Jimmy Kerrigan
  • Dews
  • Mrs. Kovack
  • Mrs. Mckibbin
  • Dick
  • Hitler
  • Eddie
  • Oppie
  • Lamy
  • Maxwell
  • Phil
  • Billy Batson
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First Sentence edit see section history

DEWEY KERRIGAN SITS on the concrete front steps of Mrs. Kovack's house in St. Louis, waiting for her father.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in Green Glass Sea. (standard series)

Followed by White Sands, Red Menace.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Ellen Klages (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
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Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0670061344
Page Count: 336

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