The 1940s

By Dorothy Hoobler

Subjects: World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, World War, 1935-1945 - Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction

Description: Volume Five of the Century Kids focuses on Esther and her parents who, after fleeing Nazi Germany, accept teaching positions at the University of Chicago, but suddenly they move to a strange place called Los Alamos and Esther's world becomes filled with dark secrets.