However, the bodies of the others who were trying to get in before the blast are on top of the door, and the men are not strong enough to lift it. After ten days the radiation levels outside have reached a safe level for those in the shelter to go outside. After all, Richard’s family is only four people. This results in a fist fight between the two boys, neither of them knowing that they would be two of the only ten survivors.Īfter half the neighborhood managed to force their way into the bomb shelter, it becomes clear that there is not enough food or water to sustain so many people. Scott’s friend, Ronnie, is the worst of them all when he calls Scott’s father stupid. They said that building that bomb shelter was a waste of his money, and that he would soon regret it. No one believed that the Russians would bomb the United States, and Scott’s family was the only one to prepare for the fall out.īefore the war began, the neighborhood laughed at Richard. As Robert, Scott’s father, is rushing the family into their bomb shelter, the rest of the neighborhood is trying to get into their home. It is the height of the Cold War, and the Russians have just bombed the United States. Summary:įallout begins with a twelve year old boy named Scott being rushed out of bed by his father.
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