Imagine living during a time when tensions between the United States and Russia were so high there was a possibility of nuclear war. Welcome to the early 1960s. That is when this book takes place. The Cuban missile crisis is taking place: the Russians are moving nuclear missiles into Cuba. Schools and practicing air raids and "stop and cover" drills. The threat of nuclear war is ever present. People around the United States were building bomb shelters. This book is about one such family that then has to take cover in their shelter when the unthinkable happens and Russia bombs the US. The book goes back and forth between the present when they are in the shelter and the past as they went about their normals lives and tensions grew. This is a story about survival, since a shelter built for 4 is now housing 10 since some of the neighbors forced their way into the shelter when the sirens went off. It was an interesting story that explored a lot of "what ifs." I also liked the author's note at the end that spoke about his own childhood home and bomb shelter in which the book is based.
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