The Gadget

Book cover
Author	Paul Zindel
Language	English
Series	The Zone Unknown
Genre	Young adult, Historical novel
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	2003
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print ( Paperback)
Pages	197
ISBN	0-440-22951-0
Preceded by	Night of the Bat

The Gadget is a young adult historical novel written by Paul Zindel published in 2001 by Random House. It is the final book of "The Zone Unknown" series. ^[1] It tells the story of a 13-year-old boy named Stephen Orr, whose father is a physicist working on a covert project to develop the atomic bomb.

Plot

Set in 1945, the story begins with a 13-year-old named Stephen Orr, who has just reached the gates of the top secret military base in Los Alamos, New Mexico. His father is a physicist there, working on making an atomic bomb. Stephen's father is not able to discuss the project in any detail but he and the other scientists with him seem worried about the project, which is codenamed "the gadget." Stephen and his new friend Alexei devise a plan to spy on his father and discover the truth about the project.

References

External links

• The Gadget on paulzindel.com

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