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Synopsis
From the back cover: Doomsday began with a massive California earthquake. Everybody assumed it was the Big One that geophysicists had been predicting for years. But odd pieces of evidence came together in the hands of a brilliant group of scientists that pointed to a disaster far more catastrophic: a tiny -- but very real -- black hole. Now the singularity was looping its way around -- and through -- the Earth, and slowly but certainly the planet was being consumed. But how do you stop something that is smaller than an atom, heavier than a mountain, and swallows everything that touches it?
Is The Doomsday Effect appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
This is a hard SF disaster story about scientists racing to stop a black hole from destroying Earth. Violence comes from earthquake disaster aftermath and planetary destruction rather than interpersonal conflict, with no sexual content or strong language.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include mass death, death, and disaster.
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Who'll love this
Teens who love disaster movies and scientific problem-solving will enjoy watching scientists race against time to save the world from an impossible threat.