A scientifically-inclined girl moves to a secret army base in New Mexico, where her father is working on the Manhattan Project. She has little interest in making friends, preferring to make electronic gizmos instead, but soon inspires another outcast and makes friends.

I like the elements of this book. The author often blatantly points out that it’s unusual for a girl to like electronics, and for a woman to be a scientist, but she also pointedly makes these characters likable and real. There’s no sympathizing with the girly girls who tease the not so girly girls. I like women as scientists and I like the story of a kid who doesn’t fit in with the popular kids. I like the treatment of the Manhattan Project.