The year of the bomb

By Ronald Kidd

Subjects: Motion pictures, fiction, United States in fiction, Motion pictures in fiction, Family problems, Dysfunctional families, Fear, Family problems in fiction, Motion pictures, Blacklisting of entertainers, Fear in fiction, Blacklisting of entertainers in fiction, Cold War, Fear, fiction, California, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Production and direction, Conduct of life, fiction, Artists, fiction, Cold War in fiction, Conduct of life in fiction, Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction, Family, fiction, History, United states, history, 20th century, fiction

Description: In 1955 California, as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is filmed in their hometown, thirteen-year-old Arnie discovers a real enemy when he and three friends go against a young government agent determined to find communists at a neaby university or on the movie set.