Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown

New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the Worlds Most Dangerous Weapon, taking readers on a terrifying journey into the Cold War and our mutual assured destruction.As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance, spy planes fly above, armed submarines swim deep below, and undercover agents meet in the dead of night.The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the worlds close call with the thirdand finalworld war.A Shelf Awareness Best Childrens Book of 2021A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2021A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the YearPraise for BOMB:A Newbery Honor book A National Book Awards finalist for Young Peoples LiteratureA Washington Post Best Kids Books of the Year titleThis is edge-of-the seat material that will resonate with YAs who clamor for true spy stories, and it will undoubtedly engross a cross-market audience of adults who dozed through the World War II unit in high school. BCCB, starred review...reads like an international spy thriller, and thats the beauty of it. School Library Journal, starred review[A] complicated thriller that intercuts action with the deftness of a Hollywood blockbuster. Booklist, , starred reviewA must-read Publishers Weekly, starred reviewA superb tale of an era and an effort that forever changed our world. KirkusAlso by Steve Sheinkin:The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & TreacheryThe Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil RightsUndefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football TeamMost Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam WarWhich Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didnt Tell You About Westward ExpansionKing George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didnt Tell You About the American RevolutionTwo Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didnt Tell You About the Civil WarBorn to Fly: The First Womens Air Race Across America