But Scott’s dad is the only one in the neighborhood who actually prepares for the worst. As the neighbors scoff, he builds a bomb shelter to hold his family and stocks it with just enough supplies to keep the four of them alive for two critical weeks. In the middle of the night in late October, when the unthinkable happens, those same neighbors force their way into the shelter before Scott’s dad can shut the door. With not enough room, not enough food, and not enough air, life inside the shelter is filthy, physically draining, and emotionally fraught. But even worse is the question of what will — and won’t — remain when the door is opened again. Internationally best-selling author Todd Strasser has written his most impressive and personal novel to date, ruthlessly yet sensitively exploring the terrifying what-ifs of one of the most explosive moments in human history.
Fallout delivers a taut, suspenseful tale that perfectly captures that period in 1962 when everyone thought nuclear war was right around the corner. This is an alternative history depicting a violent end to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Instead of a diplomatic solution, the missiles fly, and young Scott finds himself in a bomb shelter with his family and a few pushy neighbors who have managed to force their way in.This novel moves along at a very fast pac..
An intriguing look at what would have happened if Russia had actually dropped a bomb on us during the Cold War, this book is a very realistic dystopia. Some people thought Scott's dad was crazy, building a bomb shelter. Then the sirens started going off. All of the sudden Scott's dad isn't so crazy, and everyone wants in to the tiny shelter made and stocked for only 4 people. How many will get in, and will they be able to wait out the 2 weeks needed to make the air..
