White Sands, Red Menace by Ellen Klages follows The Green Glass Sea, a middle grade book about a lonely young girl, Dewey, whose father is working on the Manhattan Project. In 1946, World War II has ended; Dewey and her foster family, the Gordons, have just moved to scorchingly hot Alamogordo, New Mexico from Berkeley, California. Dewey and Suze, now just barely into their teens, have become best friends who each have their own deep interests: Dewey loves engineering and science, while Suze is a...
Published on April 16, 2025 05:00