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Countdown

by Deborah Wiles
Emma Galvin
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The story of a formative year in 12-year-old Franny Chapman's life, and the life of a nation facing the threat of nuclear war.

Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister hasdisappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across thestreet only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall.It's 1962, and it seems that the whole country is living in fear. When President Kennedy goes on television to say that Russia issending nuclear missiles to Cuba, it only gets worse. Franny doesn't know how to deal with what's going on in the world — no morethan she knows how to deal with what's going on with her family and friends. But somehow she's got to make it through.Featuring a captivating story interspersed with footage from 1962, award-winning author Deborah Wiles has created adocumentary novel that will put you right alongside Franny as she navigates a dangerous time in both her history and our history.
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Series: The Sixties Trilogy Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781338761634
  • File size: 211359 KB
  • Release date: August 3, 2021
  • Duration: 07:20:19

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781338761634
  • File size: 211387 KB
  • Release date: August 3, 2021
  • Duration: 07:23:16
  • Number of parts: 6
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction

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English

The story of a formative year in 12-year-old Franny Chapman's life, and the life of a nation facing the threat of nuclear war.

Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister hasdisappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across thestreet only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall.It's 1962, and it seems that the whole country is living in fear. When President Kennedy goes on television to say that Russia issending nuclear missiles to Cuba, it only gets worse. Franny doesn't know how to deal with what's going on in the world — no morethan she knows how to deal with what's going on with her family and friends. But somehow she's got to make it through.Featuring a captivating story interspersed with footage from 1962, award-winning author Deborah Wiles has created adocumentary novel that will put you right alongside Franny as she navigates a dangerous time in both her history and our history.
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction
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