New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his awardwinning book Bomb The Race to Buildand Stealthe Worlds Most Dangerous Weapon taking readers on a terrifying journey into the Cold War and our mutual assured destruction. As World War II comes to a close the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe the two nations begin a neckandneck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance spy planes fly above armed submarines swim deep below and undercover agents meet in the dead of night. The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other with fingers literally on the trigger. The decadeslong showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis the worlds close call with the thirdand finalworld war. Praise for BOMB A Newbery Honor book A National Book Awards finalist for Young Peoples Literature A Washington Post Best Kids Books of the Year title This is edgeofthe seat material that will resonate with YAs who clamor for true spy stories and it will undoubtedly engross a crossmarket audience of adults who dozed through the World War II unit in high school. BCCB starred review ...reads like an international spy thriller and thats the beauty of it. School Library Journal starred review A complicated thriller that intercuts action with the deftness of a Hollywood blockbuster. Booklist A mustread... Publishers Weekly starred review A superb tale of an era and an effort that forever changed our world. Kirkus starred review Also by Steve Sheinkin The Notorious Benedict Arnold A True Story of Adventure Heroism ampamp Treachery The Port Chicago 50 Disaster Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights Undefeated Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School