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Countdown: Volume 1 Hardback - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Deborah Wiles

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It's 1962, and it seems everyone is living in fear. Twelve-year-old Franny Chapman lives with her family in Washington, D.C., during the days surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis. For Franny, as for all Americans, it's going to be a formative year.

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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 has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street 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 is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba, it only gets worse. Franny doesn't know how to deal with what's going on in the world -- no more than 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 a documentary 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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  • Title Countdown: Volume 1
  • Author Deborah Wiles
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scholastic Press, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2010
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780545106054 / 0545106052
  • Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.52 x 6.34 x 1.26 in (21.64 x 16.10 x 3.20 cm)
  • Age range 09 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 4 - 7
  • Reading level 800
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Geographic Orientation: District of Columbia
    • Locality: Washington, D.C.
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Nineteen sixties
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010282315
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/01/2010, Page 84
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2011, Page 13
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 07/01/2010, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2010, Page 95
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2010, Page 0
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 04/15/2010, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/26/2010, Page 108
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/08/2010, Page 35
  • School Library Journal, 07/01/2010, Page 98

About the author

Deborah Wiles is the author of the picture book Freedom Summer and the novels: Love, Ruby Lavender; The Aurora County All-Stars; Each Little Bird That Sings, a National Book Award finalist; and A Long Line of Cakes. She is also the author of the documentary novels Countdown; Revolution, a National Book Award Finalist; and Anthem. She has vivid memories of ducking and covering under her school desk during air raid drills at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. She also sang in the Glee Club, was a champion speller, and hated Field Day. Deborah lives in Atlanta, Georgia. You can visit her on the web at deborahwiles.com.
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