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Author Bascomb, Neal, author.

Title Sabotage : the mission to destroy Hitler's atomic bomb / Neal Bascomb.

Publication Info. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2016.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS True Stories  940.54 BASCOMB    ---  DUE 02-27-24
 PHS Non-Fiction  940.54 Bascomb    ---  DUE 12-09-22 Billed
Edition First edition.
Description 307 pages : map, photographs ; 22 cm
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Study Program AR UG RL 7.7 PTS 10 182224.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Invasion -- The uranium club -- Ministry of ungentlemanly warfare -- The size of a pineapple -- Operation Grouse -- The vidda -- Two little birds -- Gunnerside -- Survival -- The white tempest -- The plan -- Winter fortress -- Escape -- 100 percent success -- The chase -- Another go -- Bigassbird II -- The transport -- The ticking clock -- Sabotage -- Epilogue.
Indexed In: Junior Library Guild
Summary When the Nazis take control of Norway, they gain access to an essential ingredient for the weapon that could end the war: Hitler's very own atomic bomb. When the Allies discover the plans for hte bomb, they agree that it must be destroyed. But after a British operation fails to stop the Nazis' deadly designs, the task falls to a band of passionate Norwegian commandos - young men who love their country and long to free it from Nazi rule.
Audience Ages 14 & up.
Grades 9 & up.
Study Program AR RL 7.7 10.0 182224 PCMS.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
Subject Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Sabotage -- Norway -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Norway -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Norway -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Technology -- Juvenile literature.
Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History.
Sabotage -- Norway -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Norway.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Norway.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Technology.
Atomic bomb -- Germany -- History.
Sabotage -- Norway -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Norway.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Norway.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Technology.
ISBN 9780545732437 (hardcover)

 
    
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