• “Countdown” by Deborah Wiles

    Scholastic, 2010 A nerdy yet spunky 12-year-old Franny is figuring out her way through confusing 1962. Is the end of the world at hand? Is her family going to die in the nuclear explosion sent by the Russians? Is her best friend going to hate her forever? Will the social studies teacher keep treating her like she’s invisible? And that neighbor kid…