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Gr 5–8—Twelve-year-old Hazel introduces a period in history with which many students are unfamiliar, and shows in a very personal way how momentous events in history can have wide-ranging and personal effects. Hazel is the incredibly intelligent daughter of a brilliant physicist father and a perceptive and emotional mother. As World War II rages on, the family is suddenly moved from New Jersey to "the Hill" somewhere in New Mexico so that Hazel's father can work with a very elite team on a mysterious "gadget" that will suppos...Log In or Sign Up to Read More