Ellen Klages' The Green Glass Sea

Ms. Klages will be one of the authors speaking at A Night of Science Fiction on April 11.

I just finished this book and I really enjoyed it. The setting is Los Alamos during World War II but what makes this book different is that its a story of two young girls. Dewey has only her father, Jimmy, to watch out for her. He's a scientist on the Project. Suze has both parents but finds herself ridiculed by the other kids. Eventually, they have to share a room and try to get along. Both girls are very well-drawn, we can all identify with that outsider feeling. The war pervades their lives and an accident changes Dewey's life forever. As an adult reader, I felt the impending doom via the dates on the chapter headings. Though a children's book I think this is a good read for any age.

Please join me at the author panel on Friday, April 11 at 7pm in the meeting room at Martha Riley Library, 1501 Pleasant Grove.