Countdown

Title
Countdown

Personal Author EPSB
Deborah. Wiles

Summary
"Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear."--Dust jacket flap.

Year Published
2010

Series
The sixties trilogy ;

Volume
bk. 1

Physical Description
377 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Awards
Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2010.

Subject
Girls -- Fiction.
 
Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
 
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
United States -- History -- 1961-1969 -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2010282315-d.html

Summary
"Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear."--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN
9780545106054
 
9780545106061

Publisher
New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2010.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC WILBook30522000363108Historical Fiction