买这本书是在去年和作者的一次见面会上。我鼓励她多读一些非虚构的小说。这本书好评如潮，各大书评媒体上都给予了很高的评价，was awarded a Newbery Honor, won the Sibert Medal, the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, and was a finalist for the National Book Award。在现场的作者非常谦和，记得当时他并不着急推销他的书，非常笃定的样子，他在给她的题词中说，“I promise this isn't boring."所谓书非借不能读也。这本书一放就是半年，似乎总有比这本书更加有趣的书在吸引着她。这个周末，也不知道她怎么突然之间想起来从书架上翻出这本书，一下子就迷了进去。当中把书放下吃饭的时候，她说，“真的，真的象作者说的那样，一点都不BORING。”一口气看完。这是她的review：
wow! everyone's heard of atomic bombs, but i doubt half of them even know what makes them so deadly. the process of making one is described in vivid detail and the people involved are also equally interesting. world war 2 is also portrayed and described in here, and there are many quotes that help the reader to understand the situation. the suspense and acton taking place during the three-way race to build or steal the world's most formidable weapon was unbelievable. many people were involved in the making of the atomic bomb, with spies, agents, and physicists. there was a lot of risk-taking and secrecy, making it a great book. it was so good, i finished the whole thing in one day, never putting it down as soon as i picked it up. the hook grabs at you, and you're sucked into world war 2 from the first chapter. i always thought history was boring but boy was i wrong!
接下来，她要看这个作者的其他几本书，其中那本The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery won both the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for nonfiction.
可见好的非虚构也可以是非常引人入胜的。
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