The Bomb is a 1995 novel by Theodore Taylor written about the protest against nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll after the natives are forced to move.

He and the other natives live through World War II under constant threat by the Japanese soldiers occupying the island.

The American victors give some of the items from the Japanese base to the natives while keeping the military equipment such as weapons.

A few days later, an American commander delivers the news to the natives that Bikini has been chosen as a site for Operation Crossroads, a series of nuclear tests, due to "ideal" conditions.

They paint a canoe bright red for visibility while the scientists prepare the aircraft Dave's Dream for the Able test.

Sorry, Tara and Jonjen carry out their plan, but the Dave's Dream crew fail to notice the canoe and drop the bomb.