Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Green Glass Sea

Author: Ellen Klages
Copyright date: 2006

Main character (s): Dewey and Suze
Book Theme: if you get to know someone they aren't as bad as they seem

Summary: A little girl, during WWII, goes to Los Alamos army base to live with her dad. Scientists are making the atom bomb. she meets a bully who she has to live with when her father goes to DC. she and the bully later become friends, and Dewey becomes a member of suze's family after her father is killed.

Main Conflict in the book: She has to move in with the bully who tormented her. She has to learn to get along with people who aren't like her.

How do the characters change in the book? Dewey and Suze became friends in the end. Suze became nice and was no longer stuck up. She went from being a bully to a nice person.

Interesting part of the book: When they they went to see suze's birthday present which was the green glass sea.

Would you reccommend this book to someone else - why or why not?
I would because it because it's interesting and it has to do with war it's a nice story of friendsship.
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