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Moeri, Louise

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New York : Dutton, 1984.
IL 5-8
ISBN 0525440968 
When valley residents hear non-informative news on the radio about an accident at Isla Conejo nuclear plant, most decide to flee to the hills. We follow Ephraim Dearhorn's family as they trek out in a camper to avoid potential disaster. Eph learns alot that day and it's not only about nuclear power. He moves from being grouped with his younger brother and sister to the group of adults having to make important decisions without the necessary information
SUBJECTS:     Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Fiction.
               California -- Fiction.
               Survival -- Fiction.

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