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SUMMARY:Book Discussion: "Atomic City Girls" by Janet Beard
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DESCRIPTION:Have a lively discussion about "Atomic City Girls" by Janet Be
 ard. Find a copy at your library branch! .\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/eve
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In November 1944\, eighteen-year-old June 
 Walker boards an unmarked bus\, destined for a city that doesn&rsquo\;t of
 ficially exist. Oak Ridge\, Tennessee has sprung up in a matter of months&
 mdash\;a town of trailers and segregated houses\, 24-hour cafeterias\, and
  constant security checks. There\, June joins hundreds of other young girl
 s operating massive machines whose purpose is never explained. They know t
 hey are helping to win the war\, but must ask no questions and reveal noth
 ing to outsiders.</p>\n<p>The girls spend their evenings socializing and f
 lirting with soldiers\, scientists\, and workmen at dances and movies\, bo
 wling alleys and canteens. June longs to know more about their top-secret 
 assignment and begins an affair with Sam Cantor\, the young Jewish physici
 st from New York who oversees the lab where she works and understands the 
 end goal only too well\, while her beautiful roommate Cici is on her own m
 ission: to find a wealthy husband and escape her sharecropper roots. Acros
 s town\, African-American construction worker Joe Brewer knows nothing of 
 the government&rsquo\;s plans\, only that his new job pays enough to make 
 it worth leaving his family behind\, at least for now. But a breach in sec
 urity will intertwine his fate with June&rsquo\;s search for answers.</p>\
 n<p>When the bombing of Hiroshima brings the truth about Oak Ridge into de
 vastating focus\, June must confront her ideals about loyalty\, patriotism
 \, and war itself.</p>\n<p>From the publisher HarperCollins</p>\n<p></p>\n
 <p style="text-align: center\;">Borrow the book from PGCMLS:&nbsp\;<a href
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 mp\;pos=1&amp\;cn=987909">Print</a>&nbsp\;|&nbsp\;<a href="https://pgcmls.
 overdrive.com/media/3390751">eAudiobook</a>&nbsp\;|&nbsp\;<a href="https:/
 /pgcmls.overdrive.com/media/3272980">eBook</a></p>\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.
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