Ellen Klages
American author of speculative fiction and children's literature, known for the middle-grade novel The Green Glass Sea and for short fiction that often blends historical settings with fantastical elements; her work has received multiple award nominations.
Books
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1. The Green Glass Sea
During World War II, a spirited young girl is uprooted to an isolated desert laboratory where her father works on a top‑secret atomic research project; there she befriends a lonely, bookish neighbor and the two form an unlikely friendship. Living among brilliant, driven scientists and their families, they experience the small joys and strict secrecy of the Los Alamos community—school plays, rationing, experiments, and whispered fears about the weapon being built. As the girls grow up together amid curiosity and fear, they confront personal loss, the moral tensions of scientific discovery, and what it means to come of age in a world forever altered by technology.
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