The Yellowcake Conspiracy

'Get back on the bus!' One of the policemen was walking towards them holding his pistol.
Haroun flicked on his helmet-lamp and peered in through the window of the car. Claude Gerard was dead!

When the Director of the Saharan uranium mine where he works is mysteriously murdered, fourteen year-old Haroun embarks on a dangerous new role as a spy in the service of the French Government. A shocking conspiracy is unearthed - somebody is trafficking 'yellowcake', a key ingredient in the production of nuclear bombs. Faced with the threat of the yellowcake falling into the hands of a rogue state, time is running out...

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The Yellowcake Conspiracy

'Get back on the bus!' One of the policemen was walking towards them holding his pistol.
Haroun flicked on his helmet-lamp and peered in through the window of the car. Claude Gerard was dead!

When the Director of the Saharan uranium mine where he works is mysteriously murdered, fourteen year-old Haroun embarks on a dangerous new role as a spy in the service of the French Government. A shocking conspiracy is unearthed - somebody is trafficking 'yellowcake', a key ingredient in the production of nuclear bombs. Faced with the threat of the yellowcake falling into the hands of a rogue state, time is running out...

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The Yellowcake Conspiracy

The Yellowcake Conspiracy

by Stephen Davies
The Yellowcake Conspiracy

The Yellowcake Conspiracy

by Stephen Davies

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Overview

'Get back on the bus!' One of the policemen was walking towards them holding his pistol.
Haroun flicked on his helmet-lamp and peered in through the window of the car. Claude Gerard was dead!

When the Director of the Saharan uranium mine where he works is mysteriously murdered, fourteen year-old Haroun embarks on a dangerous new role as a spy in the service of the French Government. A shocking conspiracy is unearthed - somebody is trafficking 'yellowcake', a key ingredient in the production of nuclear bombs. Faced with the threat of the yellowcake falling into the hands of a rogue state, time is running out...


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849398190
Publisher: Andersen Press, Limited
Publication date: 07/15/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 585 KB
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Stephen Davies lives amongst Fulani herders in West Africa. He speaks Fulfulde, eats millet, accompanies cattle-drives and totally integrates himself with their way of life. At present he is setting up a Fulfulde radio station which will broadcast news and advice. He also writes for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Bukina Faso) and occasionally for the Sunday Times. He has his own website: www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk
Stephen Davies spent several years living amongst Fulani herders in Burkina Faso as a missionary. He has written for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Burkina Faso) and the Sunday Times and is the author of several books for young readers. www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk
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