Sabotage: The Mission to Destroy Hitler’s Atomic Bomb

Voice actor Culp renders a serviceable reading of Bascomb’s enthralling WWII story. The story revolves around the collaboration of a group of ragtag Norwegian resistance fighters and British soldiers who set out, against all odds, to destroy a hydroelectric plant located in a remote section of Norway and thereby to stop Hitler’s nuclear research in its infancy. Culp does a fine job relaying this edge-of-your-seat story. He has a clear, articulate, no-frills reading style that moves the story along at a steady pace. It is a perfectly competent reading, but misses an opportunity to add thrill and excitement to the narration. Ages 12–up. A Scholastic/Levine hardcover. (May)