The H-bomb girl

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265 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 2008 by Faber.

ISBN:
978-0-571-23280-2
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OCLC Number:
972512368

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5 stars (1 review)

In Cuba nuclear tensions are at breaking point. The end of the whole world could be just days away. At the heart of it all is Laura Mann. She's on the run, hunted by strange forces fighting over the future of humanity. Laura is the H-Bomb Girl. And Laura is about to discover that her own life is at stake - in ways she could never have imagined.

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reviewed The H-bomb girl by Stephen Baxter

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5 stars

This obscure little book by Stephen Baxter is a fast read and quite a bit of fun. Set in 1962 with a decent cast of youngsters, it also has Dr. No (the movie), the Beatles and the Cavern Club, and a Vulcan nuclear bomber. Humor in appropriate places and suspense in the rest lead to an exciting conclusion.

Target audience seems to be teenaged British readers, and I needed to look up some of the slang. Minor technical quibbles are easily overlooked in favor of the story. Would make a cracking good movie!

Subjects

  • Runaway teenagers
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
  • Young adult fiction
  • Social conditions

Places

  • England
  • Liverpool
  • Liverpool (England)