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The “Fat Man” atomic bomb on a trailer, part of the Manhattan Project.

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A physicist who played a pivotal role in the Los Alamos site, known as “The Father of the Atomic Bomb.”

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In the book, Stephen goes and lives with his father, a physicist, on bathtub row. Bathtubs were not common in the site of Project Y. (Modern Photo)

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The true photo of "The Gadget." This is what occurred and is what Stephen witnessed after he and Alexei followed the scientists.

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symbol representing the main character (goggles)

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symbol representing the main character (goggles)

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The type of glasses Dr. Soifer gave to Stephen while on his deathbed, which would be a further warning of “The Gadget.”

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Most of the book takes place where Stephen moves after a close encounter with an air raid - The Los Alamos Test Site, where a part of the Manhattan Project took place (Project Y.)

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I would give this book a 5/5. I think this book was absolutely amazing, and was able to fit in so much information and detail in just 167 pages. I especially loved how Zindel wrote Stephen’s mixed feelings about his father. The plot twist, somehow, was actually surprising and really shocked me. This book was absolutely beautiful and kept me entertained. I would definitely recommend this to read.

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Stephen moves in with his father (a physicist) in a  secret base in New Mexico after an air raid kills his cousin. There, he meets a boy his age (Alexei), and is presented with the mystery of the project his father is working on, later called the Gadget by Dr. Soifer. Stephen and Alexei are later injured by the impact of a bomb explosion following their pursuit of the physicists in order to find the secret, and Stephen realizes that the scientists working on the bomb are planning to bomb Japan after the fall of the other two axis powers. Once Hitler kills himself, Stephen finds out Alexei and his family are Russian spies, and Alexei gets run over by a train after his attempt to kill Stephen for what he discovered.

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An ongoing conflict running throughout this book is Stephen’s interest in the project his father is working on, or “The gadget,” as Soifer says. The time Stephen and his father get to spend together seems to be obstructed by the project, and Stephen wants to know what’s so important about this gadget to the point where his father can neglect bonding time between them.

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Stephen Orr (13 years old) is the main character and protagonist of this book. His father is one of the physicists involved in building a top-secret “gadget”. Stephen lives with his father on a secret base after watching his cousin die during an air raid. He is a curious and naive child who quickly makes friends with another boy living in the base, Alexei.  Stephen is a dynamic character, going through changes after witnessing and experiencing hardships and calamities.

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“It’s called the trick of deadly disguise. My father told me how hunters would wear a fresh wolf’s skin to crawl into the edge of a buffalo herd.” (pg. 102) Said by Sewa, the housekeeper. She uses the metaphor in an attempt to warn Stephen about her suspicions of Alexei (foreshadowing) ,  but he disagrees.

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Paul Zindel - The Gadget.                                 Historical Fiction, 167 pages     

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Paul Zindel - The Gadget.                                 Historical Fiction, 167 pages     

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Mr. Nagavatsky's German Shepherds

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In the book, Stephen’s father along with the other physicists work to create a nuclear weapon later called the “Fat Man” that would eventually be dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

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Second atomic bomb of World War II explodes over Nagasaki (1945)

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Sinatra’s song, “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die,” represents Stephen’s many close encounters with death, his hardships, and his betrayals. His naive and impulsive character was never hindered due to Stephen’s unyielding, pure spirit, and I believe that this song represents just that.