Steinkin, S. (2012). Bomb: The Race to build—and steal—the  world's  most dangerous weapon. New York: Macmillan Publishers.
Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon is a nonfiction book that follows principal characters and timeline of building the atomic bomb. Steinkin not shows the journey of the main characters in creating the bomb but periphery players that provided information to the Soviets. The reader learns new details to complicated allegiances and ideals but scientists, uncover agents and resistance fighters.  One interesting sub stories within the book was that of Norwegian resistance fighters that risked their lives constantly in their quest to overthrow the Nazis in their native land. Steinkin intertwines the stories together masterfully from the politicians making the decisions, the chemists creating the bomb and stories of espionage to the simple man wanting the war to end.
Bomb is rich with history and written in a narrative style of a novel, this nonfiction book is interesting and compelling to reader.  The reader will want look up people, places and events after and during the story. Bomb was a 2013 Excellent in Nonfiction for Young Adult book and a 2013 Newbery Honor book. The only drawback to the story was the lack of pictures within the text. Photographs were provided at the beginning of some chapters if they were embedded with the text, the reader would have an easier time connecting the characters.  Sheinkin has also authored many other award winning nonfiction books with historical significance including The Notorious Benedict Arnold and Undefeated. He writes with intelligence, he shares stories within the story and includes detailed sources notes.
Classroom connections using this book while studying World War II times, students and teachers can break down the book into sections sharing with others the deeper story.  Students can research further the people included in the book also research the resistance movement within countries that were being occupied by the Nazis.  The resistance movement was led by young adults comparisons between the differences and similarities to life now.  Discussions about what can be learned from the experiences of history and how that relates to our present time are interesting topics.   A Teacher's Guide to Bomb, the Race to Build

                                         
                                            Sheinkin sharing the backstory of Bomb