Countdown

Post date: Jan 25, 2011 8:55:08 PM

It's 1962. The United States lives in fear of Russia launching a nuclear bomb from Cuba. With all the concern, Franny has enough problems of her own. Her college-age sister is involved in something secretive that Franny is trying to discover. Her great-uncle is really crazy and has a major "episode" out on the front lawn for the whole neighborhood to see. The boy Franny really likes has just moved back onto the street. Then, Franny and her best friend have a major falling out. What is a girl to do with all this DRAMA?

Throughout the book, pictures, ads, propaganda, news and other pieces from 1962 are interspered to really give a sense of the time and place in which Franny lives. Read Countdown by Deborah Wiles for a fabulous historical fiction book.