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 lying and that it will never be safe to return. He
must find a way to stop the first bomb before it is dropped . . . even
if it means risking his own destruction.
Includes a reader's guide and an author's note.