After the Bomb written by Gloria Miklowitz is a thrilling
             novel that takes place before, during, and after a bomb which
             supposedly was sent from Russia by accident. L.A. and surrounding
             cities are all altered by the disastrous happening. Philip Singer a
             teenager is in a position as leader of the family. His brother Matt is
             awfully sick, possibly from radiation, his father was away at work
             during the blast and for all Philip knows he might be dead, and his
             mother was desperately injured and needs immediate attention.
             Hospitals are flooded with injured and dying people and the government
             doesn't send help for a few days. The badly injured don't even get the
             chance to be helped because the hospitals have to send the ones that
             are likely going to live to hospitals that specialize in burns. His
             mother is so badly burned that the hospitals put her on the bottom of
             the list to be flown to burn centers. By the end of the novel Philip
             has taken charge, snuck his mom ahead to be flown to a burn center,
             and in a sense saved his town from thirst. He truly survived the
             terror, shock, and danger of the bomb.
             The novel goes through a couple of settings such as, Philip's
             struggle to keep his family alive, and the conflict between the nature
             of a nuclear bomb against the Los Angeles area. When the bomb hits he
             is playing around in a playroom shelter with his brother and his
             girlfriend. They go out to find out what had happen
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