Nine Degrees North: Six coming-of-age teens in 1969 on a

Nine Degrees North: Six coming-of-age teens in 1969 on a remote Military Island, discover its historical horrors

â€œStop, hey, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down."Â Nine Degrees NorthÂ serves up a coming-of-age free-fall into the transplanted lives of six high-school teenagers in the year 1969.Â The story unfolds on Kwajalein Island, a military missile test facility in the Pacific ocean, and is set against the music of the era. As fifteen-year-old Carrie Conroy and her friends navigate their new, isolatedÂ surroundings,Â they deal with military predators, first loves,Â and are on a fast-track to growing up in a world at war. But when questions arise about the history behind their new home and whatÂ goes on at this secret, military base,Â they are only met with radio silence. As their thirst for knowledge escalates,Â they befriend theirÂ high school History teacherÂ who risks everything andÂ secretly takes them to a neighboring islandÂ revealing the incredible andÂ shocking horrors behind the fallout of the nuclear testing that befell the Marshallese peopleÂ who still live there.Â Soon thereafter,Â their close friend's brother is killed in the Viet Nam war which fuels their need to do something.Â In an effort to bring their cause to light,Â and knowing that the hottest places in hellÂ are reserved for those, who in a crisis, do nothing, they orchestrate a dangerous andÂ perilous protest as they breach the military test facility and scale aÂ nuclearÂ rocket which leads to deadly circumstances. Â Sometimes making a difference means taking a risk and it all explodes on the page at nine degrees north of the equator.
Country USA
Brand Palm Avenue Publishing
Manufacturer Palm Avenue Publishing
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780615761091
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Palm Avenue Publishing
Manufacturer	Palm Avenue Publishing
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780615761091
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Nine Degrees North: Six coming-of-age teens in 1969 on a remote Military Island, discover its historical horrors