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The Bomb

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On July 1, 1995 the US dropped an atom bomb onto Bikini Atoll for atomic testing after the Second World War. The islanders are forced to leave the island until the land is safe again. This historic fiction, The Bomb by Theodore Taylor, is very powerful and sad and something you should definitely read.
The islanders had always lived peacefully on Bikini Atoll. They spent their time fishing, making copra, and picking coconuts among other things. Until, the war when the Japanese took them captive and used the island for weather stations. The Americans freed the islanders from the Japanese but soon told them they would use the island for atomic tests and the islanders would have to leave for two years. Sorry Rinamu and his Uncle Abram don't believe the American's promise.
Sorry's father had died when he was young so when Sorry was 14 he became the man of the family. He lived with his mother, his sister, his grandparents, and his uncle. Sorry believes the island will be poisoned and they would never return. I really liked him because he was very brave and he would do whatever it takes to save his island even if he was risking his own life.
Uncle Abram was another one of my favorite characters because he traveled around the world in an American merchant ship and escaped to return to Bikini. He was one of the only islanders to go far from the Atolls and the only one who spoke English. Abram is very angry at the US and is Sorry's inspiration to stand up to them.
The author really made you care about his characters and what they believed in. His writing style was very simple and was straight to the point but he really made you feel like you were on the ship leaving your home.
Theodore Taylor got his inspiration for this book when he worked on the US ship as a deck officer in Bikini Lagoon. He found a doll on the on the shore and felt very guilty about the removal of the islanders. It is scary to think that our own country did these things to these people and to think if it ever happened to us.
The Bomb can be scary and sad but I think it is something everyone should read and know about. So if you're looking for a good book to read, The Bomb would be a great choice.

Sorry Rinamu likes where he lives and does not want to leave. He lives on a Western Pacific island . He was born there and he loves it there. When World War II starts everything changes. The Japanese build a weather station on the island and disrupts life. This went on until the Americans invaded and killed the three men inside their barracks. When the Americans take control of the island, they decide to use the tropical island and it's lagoon for an Atom Bomb testing area. His uncle tries to stop them, but dies before he could. Now he wants to stop them. Here are a few examples. He tried to reason with an American general but could not succeed. Then he tries to make them find another island outside of the lagoon, but that didn't work either. When his whole villige was taken to another island he tried despretly to get off it and go back but they still didn't listen. When all options ran out, he thought of this one. He was going to paint a canoe red (like the target ship) He would think that when the bomber would see him they would cancel the test. So when he told the villige he was going only two people waned to go with him. When he got their they didn't see them and the bomb went off. It didn't say in the book what happened after that but it does say " The able bomb has spent it energy and has spewed its poison. It killing has only begun" I think Sorry was brave and he would do any thing to get his home back. I think he is a very determined person and it shows in this book.

This book starts out with a sixteen year old named Sorry and his family, that live on a samll island called Bikini.When Sorry and his family hear that the U.S is going to use this island as an atomic bomb testing site they dont want to leave and belive that they can stop the U.S. He trys to reason with some of the U.S soldiers but was unsuccessful.The author shows great determination though the character Sorry.The book is very descriptive and shows the reality of droping bombs in an area where humans live.Theodore Taylor's novel is action packed and is definatly worth reading.

If you like action books you would like "The Bomb." I would recommend it to any age group if you are into actions. It is about a boy and the Americans wanting to use Bikini Island for a bomb test site.

I believe this book is a very intresting book about how a family is forced by the U.S. goverment to leave their island, Bikini Atoll, because of nuclear testing. The goverment told Sorry and his family they just need to borrow their island for testing and they can come back to their homeland in 2 years. Later on Sorry find out a lot of information about the bomb and all the lies the Navy have told him and his family. He decides to think of a plan to stop the bomb. He does but will it work?

I believe this is a very good about historical fiction. This book won the Scott O'dell award for Historical Fiction. I also believe this is a good book for young readers. If you like a book with many facts and a lot of fiction. Please read The Bomb by Theodore Taylor.

Sorry Rinamu a six teen year old kid in Bikini Atoll. Japaneese soldiers on the island getting food from the people on it. A good thing happens and the Americans save them from the (Japanese). The Americans wanted to use the island to test a new weapon called the atom bomb. Sorrys people agreed to let the Americans use the weapon on the island as long as they would help the people move somewhere else. Sorry did not want to let them do it but they agreed to it. Sorry was going to try and stop it but he was unsuccessful. Eventually more than twenty atomic and hydrogen weapons tests were mad e before the Bikinians got the island back.

The story takes place on Bikini Atoll in the Western Pacific in the late 1940's. Sixteen year old Sorry Rinamu,his grandfather Jonjen and Tara Malolo,the school teacher are caught in the middle of government experiments on atomic bombs. The government was testing atomic bombs on Bikini Atoll, but before the first test began the government relocated all of the inhabitants of the island to another island in the Atolls.

As the government prepares to begin the first atomic bomb test, Sorry, his grandfather and Tara Malolo sail back to Bikini in an attempt to stop the tests.

I thought that this was a well written book about an actual event combined with the creativity of Theodore Taylor's mind and his experience. Theodore Taylor was in the Navy and a part of the experiment at Bikini Atoll. He thought that the experiment was pointless and that it ruined a culture. I agree.

This book is really good for those who want to know about the past around the time of World War II. It is really exciting,but sad because the bombing actually happened. Sorry Rinamu, the major character, is trying to stop the American government from testing the atomic bomb on his home. That is so brave! I really hope others read and enjoy the book as much as I did. This is da bomb book!

I recommend this book to anyone who is 10 years and older because this book has facts about the atomic bomb and when they were building it so some of the words are very hard to pronounce. Certain parts of this book are very surprising and exciting, like when Sorry said to everyone, " I am going out to the reef and I am going to catch a shark and bring it back here and show everyone that I am not a little boy any more." While Sorry was trying to spear the shark, it struggled to get away and it dragged him under. He wasn't able to breath, but finally he cut the line and swam to the surface. Another reason I enjoyed the book was that it showed people working together. Abram came on to the island and walked up to Sorry and said, "Tomorrow we are going to the Enyu channel and we are going to hunt down a tiger shark.''
Although they did not catch the shark they worked together to find it. I liked this book because it was fun to read and there was some action.

This book is aout a boy and their town called bikini island are about to get bombed because they are wanting to test it there. it is a really good book. I would recomend this book to other people. I likd this book because it is a war book. this book takes place on a island.