Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos 1939-1945 Arms race Atomic bomb Atomic bomb Germany History Atomic bomb History Atomic bomb History. Germany Bombe atomique Allemagne Histoire Bombe atomique Histoire Cold War Cold War (1945-1989) Commando troops Course aux armements Dictateurs Dictators Dictators Juvenile literature Germany Great Britain Guerre froide Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Service secret Grande-Bretagne Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Service secret URSS Histoire militaire History Literature Littérature Military history Natural history Newbery Honor 2013 Newbery Medal: Honor book 2012 Norway Vemork Operation Freshman (1942) Operation Freshman, 1942 Sciences naturelles Scientists Secret service Soviet Union(Non-Fiction, Young Adult)