{"product_id":"and-then-the-sky-exploded-paperback-2","title":"And Then the Sky Exploded - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid A. Poulsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e2018 Red Maple Award -- Shortlisted - High Plains Book Award -- Shortlisted, Young Adult category\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Christian learns his great-grandfather helped build the A-bombs dropped on Japan, he wants to make amends ... somehow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While attending the funeral of his great-grandfather, ninth-grader Christian Larkin learns that the man he loved and respected was a member of the Manhattan Project, the team that designed and created the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On a school trip to Japan, Chris meets eighty-one-year-old Yuko, who was eleven when the first bomb exploded over Hiroshima, horribly injuring her. Christian is determined to do something to make up for what his great-grandfather did. But after all this time, what can one teenager really do? His friends tell him it's a stupid idea, that there's \u003ci\u003enothing\u003c\/i\u003e he can do. And maybe they're right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But maybe, just maybe ... they're wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid A. Poulsen has been a broadcaster, teacher, football coach, and actor, who spends eighty to one hundred days each year as a visiting author in schools across Canada. He is the author of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eOld Man\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Forest of Reading White Pine award, and \u003ci\u003eNumbers\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Sakura Medal in Japan. He lives in the foothills west of Claresholm, Alberta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395601842425,"sku":"9781459736375","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S1M0UC9uclVZZVJ2bk1EUGwySmdZQT09_5f220791-892a-4c99-a4d2-0c174c7210b7.webp?v=1770271811","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/and-then-the-sky-exploded-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}