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The Bomb
It is 1946, a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and World War II is over. But the U.S. government has decided that further tests of atomic bombs must be conducted. When Bikini Atoll is chosen for the testing site, the inhabitants of the tiny island are told they must relocate for just two years. But sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu believes the Americans are ...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
August 1st 2007
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published October 31st 1995)
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A YA fictionalized account of a grim chapter in American history: the atomic bomb. I'm glad someone has told this story for American young people. After the atomic bomb wreaked its havoc at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American military conducted a series of nuclear tests around Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands. In true colonial fashion, islanders were relocated and their ancestral home was decimated, and the islanders' descendants continue to experience health problems from the mass poiso...more
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Read the author's note at the end of the book first. It's heartbreaking. He was there in 1945, in the navy, assigned to prep the island for the blast. He's writing this as almost a first hand account of what he saw. It's written from the point of view of Sorry, an island boy with little to no contact with the outside world due to the isolation of the particular atoll (Bikini) his Polynesian family/clan lives on. Along comes WWII, the Japanese, and finally the Americans, with the "request"...more
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Set in 1946 on Bikini Island, this book is the story of 16 year old Sorry Rinamu, a native boy on the island which is occupied by the Japanese at the beginning of the book. The U.S. Navy comes to the island and drives the Japanese off the island and then decide that it is the perfect place to test the power of the atomic bomb. Most of the villagers trust the Navy officers who ask the villagers to leave the island, promising that they will be able to return in two years, but Sorry learns about ra...more
The historical fiction novel, "The Bomb", is awesome. To begin with, the author did a spectacular job vividly describing Bikini Atoll, the setting of the novel. This helped me picture the island easier. In addition, this book contains a plethora of suspense, which allows to me keep reading. Additonally, through this book, I learned about many aspects of World War II. For instance, I learned how people that lived in islands off the Caost of California were treated. Also, I learned a who...more
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Troy Nordbrock
3/28/08
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This is a great historical fiction book. The Bomb is one of Theodore Taylor's greatest books. If you are into history this book is for you. Sorry is the main character and li...more
This is the story of the A Bomb testing on the Bikini Atoll told from the perspective of a young man who grew up on the island. I have a on-going interest in reading about the social side of the atomic bomb in Japan and its effect on the people of Japan and the US. I was drawn to this book because of that interest and also because a friend spent 2 years in the Marshall Island (Bikini is one of the Marshalls) in the 1990s; her husband was part of a team testing the conditions on Bikini. She told ...more
Oh man, I remember reading this in middle school. Well, vaguely remember with a hint of sadness lurking around. This book was a bit of a downer, and I think someone dies. I should go back and read this to see what this book was all about again, but I'd rather not. Long story short, the U.S. ends up bombing the island and its incredible toxins infect everything and they stay embedded within the land for a very, very long time. Tis indeed a tragic story.
Though natives had lived there for centuries, they came to realize that Japanese or American, their inherent rights meant nothing. This book is a fiction, but reading up on Bikini Atoll i seekthe obvious parallel in the real life of the indigenous natives of Bimini. the Americans were simply determined to use this site for its 5th A-bomb testing and coerced the natives into relocation. the care of the natives in an environment alien to them, with ancient enemies, on an island spurned as cursed b...more
This was touching and thought-provoking as it described the inhabitants of Bikini Atoll and their forcible removal by the US Gov't so that their home could be used for atomic tests after WWII. Each chapter began with a factual paragraph about the atomic bomb and the operation that juxtaposed nicely with the story of the Bikinians' misunderstandings and denials of what was happening to them. The final chapter teems with courage.
The Bomb is a good book placed in Bikini Atoll. It’s about a young boy trying to help his family and people of the island from the Japanese and American invaders. The book has great scenery of the Atoll and the characters come to life with there own personalities. This book is similar to watching part of a History Channel Episode about World War II. It has information about news and events that was happening before, after, and during the war. It tells a lot of information about the atomic b...more
Review on The Bomb
Written by: Theodore Taylor
This was a great book. It was like learning something from what you might already know. Sorry is the main character and he was afraid of attacks from the United States. He was afraid because of the United States attacking Japan, dropping bombs. It's like the World War II or something like that.
I wondered why Sorry felt so scared about the United States though.
To me, now the United States and Japan are like...more
Written by: Theodore Taylor
This was a great book. It was like learning something from what you might already know. Sorry is the main character and he was afraid of attacks from the United States. He was afraid because of the United States attacking Japan, dropping bombs. It's like the World War II or something like that.
I wondered why Sorry felt so scared about the United States though.
To me, now the United States and Japan are like...more
I thought it was a really good school book to read. It used very good words that really described the scenario.
This book brought up a lot of strong feelings in me. I was surprised. If anyone wants to read it, I own a copy.
This book tells a good story about a young boy trying to protect the island where he lives. The Americans want to test out the atomic bomb on his island, the islanders know very little about this bomb and agree to let them use their island. Sorry and his uncle are determined to save the island before the Americans go about destroying it. As each day goes by, Sorry realizes his life once known on this island will never be the same. This is a good book for adventures and a very realistic story. Pe...more
Disturbing, and now I've even met a vet who served on one of the ships involved in the true story.
This book was a book about a atomic bomb testing on a chosen island.
it is a very exiting book.
i loved the begining.
i loved the begining.
1996 Scott O'Dell Award Winner
I bought a copy of this tragic young adult book about the Bikini Islands atomic bomb tests in a used bookstore in Bennington, VT. While I was browsing, I could hear the proprietor having a complicated argument/discussion with a young man. Someone later told me the young man was autistic. Anyway, this is a fine, angry little piece of humanist historical fiction.
A story about what happened on Bikini Island during the war. Facts are listed at the beginning of each chapter to help the reader see the factual pieces of this story even though this story is fiction. The author witnessed what happened there and had to write something about it. I know some boys who would really enjoy this book.
This is the beast book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my frind recomended this book to me and it is soooooooooo good. it's really intense but incredibly good!!!!
its fine, i have to read it for social studies, and it is sad, but i just cant get the whole idea of it yet. i will write when i know more about it.
This is a really bad book. I had to read it in sixthy grade fo Liturture Circles and it really was boring.
This book is crazy! Great perspective from the Japanese side.
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