Internationally best-selling author Todd Strasser has written his most impressive and personal novel to date, ruthlessly yet sensitively exploring the terrifying what-ifs of one of the most explosive moments in human history.

But even worse is the question of what will - and won’t - remain when the door is opened again. With not enough room, not enough food, and not enough air, life inside the shelter is filthy, physically draining, and emotionally fraught. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. In the middle of the night in late October, when the unthinkable happens, those same neighbors force their way into the shelter before Scott’s dad can shut the door. Fallout - Kindle edition by Strasser, Todd. As the neighbors scoff, he builds a bomb shelter to hold his family and stocks it with just enough supplies to keep the four of them alive for two critical weeks. While many of his novels are based on or inspired by events in his own life, Fallout his 100th original novel is an especially personal story. Candlewick, 16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5534-1 Strasser (Kill You Last) brings readers to the 1960s Long Island of his youth, with one crucial difference: in this. But Scott’s dad is the only one in the neighborhood who actually prepares for the worst. Internationally best-selling author Todd Strasser has written his most impressive and personal novel to date, ruthlessly yet sensitively exploring the terrifying what-ifs of one of the most explosive moments in human history. Todd Strasser is the internationally bestselling author of numerous books for children and teens, most notably the classics The Wave and Give a Boy a Gun, which are taught in classrooms around the world. What if the bomb had actually been dropped In the summer of 1962, the possibility of nuclear war is all anyone talks about, so Scotts dad builds a bomb shelter to hold his family and stocks it.

In the summer of 1962, the possibility of nuclear war is all anyone talks about. Todd Strasser’s acclaimed account of school violence that Kirkus Reviews calls vivid. What if the bomb had actually been dropped? What if your family was the only one with a shelter? Fallout by Todd Strasser - Discussion Guide

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