Dina Santorelli

Lee Hirsch

Cynthia Lowen

A companion to the controversial documentary film that is raising awareness about the millions of child victims of bullying shares expert essays outlining recommendations for concerned caregivers and educators, offers celebrity contributions and includes an account of how young Katy Butler successfully campaigned to change the movie's rating to make it available to teen viewers. Original. Movie tie-in. 10,000 first printing.

An Action Plan for Teachers and Parents to Combat the Bullying Crisis

Bully

Using the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” as a jumping-off point, The Cloud That Contained the Lightning explores the kinds of ethical choices we face as individuals and as a society with respect to the innovations and inventions we pursue. How are our fears, obsessions, prejudices, and cultures manifested in the ways we apply new technologies, such as the splitting of the atom? What were the attitudes that resulted in such a destructive invention? What prompted it to be used on a nation suspected to already be defeated? By weaving together the voices of Oppenheimer, his wife and brother, hibakusha (Japanese for “explosion-affected people”), and the mythological figures of Cronos and his children, Lowen creates a dialogue out of a vacuum of communication and imagines the kind of exchanges that might have led to a different outcome than the tragedies at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And in an exploration of our tendency for selective amnesia, this collection asks a critical question: How quickly will the forgotten lessons of the past allow us to repeat the tragic chapters of our history?

Cynthia Lowen

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