The Green Glass Sea

By: Ellen Klages

Narrated by: Julie Dretzin

This first novel from Nebula Award-winning short-story writer Ellen Klages was picked as a Junior Library Guild selection and named a Book Sense Number-One Children's Pick. It follows a young girl named Dewey, whose father is part of a super-secret project in 1943 Los Alamos. Dewey, a gifted scientist herself, slowly realizes the implications of "the gadget" her father is working on. She and Suze, another Los Alamos child, find comfort in each other's friendship.

Critic reviews

"The characters are exceptionally well drawn, and the compelling, unusual setting makes a great tie-in for history classes." ( Booklist)

Loved it! A great era intro for ages ten to adult.

This is the perfect introduction to the era. A lot of ways to spin off for further study into the time.

Engaging storyline

I've always been fascinated by stories about the atomic bomb. Then this book cakes along and tells it from the point of view of a preteen girl living at Los Alamos. Yes, this is interesting!

good<br />

it was really cool. . . . . . . . . . . . . # awesome

Green Glass Sea positive review

This book is one of the most well written books I have ever read. I very much felt an emotional connection during the time of Dewys fathers death the fighting of Suze’s parents. I do not prefer to read books, they are not my cup of tea. However this book showed me what it was like to live during the early and mid 1900’s and the trauma and chaos during that time. The end of the book was marvelous, it was short but somehow long and meaningful. Overall this book was brilliantly written.

Soothing

This book is about a horrific time in history, but the writing, the performance, the story and the characters are soothing to me. I can think of no gentler way to learn what it was like in New Mexico just before WWII ended.