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MegaJ
Since: Oct, 2009
28th Mar, 2020 11:05:13 PM
Found it! After the Bomb by Gloria D. Miklowitz.
Edited by MegaJ
Don't know if I'll be successful because I have vague memories, but here goes:
There was a book about a teen boy and group of friends and family that were caught up in an accidental nuclear bomb explosion in their state, I do remember there was a driving plot of making sure his mom was taken care off. Don't know the year, but I read it in high school so it was definitely published before 2003.