The author moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico August 15, 1943 at the age of six. With limited knowledge of the English language he started the first grade at the first constructed school in Los Alamos, Central School, which at the time included K-12 and a total enrollment of 140 students. On My Own reveals to the reader what it was like as a young boy growing up and living in the most secret city in the world during World War II, and the hardships families...