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A novel for Ages 9-13
The year wasn't 2001, but 1962. The danger wasn't terrorist attacks, but nuclear missiles in Cuba. If the U.S.-Soviet confrontation had degenerated into a shooting war, at least 100 million Americans and as many Soviet citizens would have died. In my forthcoming novel Duck 'n' Cover, Andy MacLean, a sixth grader in Denver, Colorado, doesn't fully understand what's happening around him. All he knows is that a terrible situation is taking shape. If the Americans and the Soviets end up fighting World War Three, the conflict will be the end of civilization. Like everyone else, Andy watches and waits, holding his breath, dreading the worst. But to complicate matters, he faces another crisis, a crisis that's taking shape right in his own schoolyard. Jim Smith, a boy Andy has known for years, suddenly turns against him. Far worse than an ordinary bully, Jim makes life miserable in every possible way—spreading rumors, distorting Andy's comments, turning friends against him, and threatening physical violence. Soon Andy finds himself in a conflict that seems as dangerous as the international tensions developing so far away. Andy can't help but wonder how he'll survive both of these crises: the big conflict out there in the world, and the smaller private conflict right in his own neighborhood.
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That autumn America faced a harrowing crisis. Never before had the nation been so vulnerable to attack. An unexpected threat suddenly compromised the safety of all U.S. citizens, and everyone in the country waited anxiously to see if their inexperienced president could guide them to safety—or if danger would deteriorate into unimaginable catastrophe.
Edward Myers is the author of twenty-two published books.
Among these are eight children's books (including Climb
or Die, Hostage, and Forri the Baker). In
addition, Myers has published three novels for adults (The Mountain
Made of Light, Fire and Ice, and The Summit) and
a well-received, much-reprinted book about bereavement, When
Parents Die: A Guide for Adults. He has co-authored many
books as well, among them The Parenthood
Survival Kit (with Aleta Koman, M.Ed.). His book Climb
or Die is on five state reading lists for young readers.
Myers is the recipient of a fellowship from the New Jersey
State Council for the Arts. For more information about
Edward Myers, visit his Web site at 
