02600cam a2200349 i 4500 296113046 TxAuBib 20160613120000.0 151109s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015043455 9780545732437 0545732433 eng rda TxAuBib rda Bascomb, Neal. Sabotage [BOOK] : the mission to destroy Hitler's atomic bomb / Neal Bascomb. First edition. New York : Scholastic Inc., 2016. 307 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Invasion -- The uranium club -- Ministry of ungentlemanly warfare -- The size of a pineapple -- Operation Grouse -- The vidda -- Little birds -- Gunnerside -- Survival -- The white tempest -- The plan -- Winter fortress -- Escape -- Percent success -- Thechase -- Another go -- Bigassbird II -- The transport -- The ticking clock -- Sabotage -- Epilogue. The Nazis invade. The invasion begins at night, with German cruisers slipping to harbor. Then planes roar over the mountains, and soon the Nazis occupy all of Norway. They station soldiers throughout the country. They institute martial rule. And at Vemork, an industrial fortress high above a dizzying gorge, they gain access to an essential ingredient for the weapon that could end the war: Hitler's very own nuclear bomb. The Norwegians fight back. When the Allies discover the plans for the bomb, they agree Vemork must be destroyed. But after a British operation fails to stop the Nazis' deadly designs, the task falls to a band of passionate Norwegian commandos--young men who love their country and long to free it from Nazi rule. Armed with little more than skis, explosives, and great courage, they will survive months in the snowy wilderness, elude a huge manhunt, and execute two dangerous missions. The result? The greatest act of sabotage in all of World War II. 1070L Lexile. 20160613. Atomic bomb Germany History Young adult literature. Sabotage Norway History Young adult literature. World War, 1939-1945 Commando operations Norway Young adult literature. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Norway Young adult literature. World War, 1939-1945 Germany Technology Young adult literature.