

The Bomb
Author: Theodore Taylor
Narrator: George Guidall
Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/20/2014
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Theodore Taylor
Narrator: George Guidall
Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 06/20/2014
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
I've been a big Theodore Taylor fan ever since my 4th grade teacher read 'The Cay' to my class. I had no idea about this book until I found it in a Goodwill several years ago. I'm working through books on my shelf at home that I haven't read yet and this made my 2023 list. It was well written and ma......more
Interesting! Ending was expected but also unexpected in a way.......more
An 8th grader recommended this book, and I'm so glad she did. Here is another piece of history I knew nothing about: Bikini Atoll and atomic weapons testing. I didn't expect to be moved by this story, but Taylor does a good job of telling the story through a 14-year-old boy's experience.......more
This is not an easy book to read, although it is meant for teenagers. Taylor was present at Bikini Atoll for the first atomic bomb test and he says he found it really difficult to write about even after fifty years. You can see why as you follow the story of Sorry Rinamu, and his family, forced, wit......more