The Gadget (novel)

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The Gadget

Book cover
Author	Paul Zindel
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Zone Unknown
Genre	Young adult, Historical novel
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	2003
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	197
ISBN	0-440-22951-0
Preceded by	Night of the Bat

The Gadget is a young adult historical novel written by Paul Zindel published in 2001 by Random House and the final book of "The Zone Unknown" series. It tells the story of a 13-year-old boy named Stephen Orr, whose father is a physicist working on a covert project to develop the atomic bomb.

Plot[]

In 1945 13-year-old Stephen Orr has just reached the gates of the top secret military base in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He has come to join his father, a physicist working on making an atomic bomb. Though his father is forbidden to discuss the project in any detail, Stephen can tell by his haunted eyes and shaking hands how worried he and the other scientists are. After a few weeks, Stephen finds that he cannot control his insatiable curiosity. Enlisting the help of his new friend Alexei, Stephen devises a plan to discover the true nature of "the gadget." But when he finally learns what it is, he also realizes another startling truth—that he has trusted the wrong person with the information and not only his life, but the lives of all Americans, could be in terrible danger.

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External links[]

• The Gadget on paulzindel.com

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