I escaped the world's deadliest shark attack : the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, WW2 / Ellie Crowe, Scott Peters.
Material type: TextSeries: I escaped series ; book 3Publisher: [United States?.] : Best Day Books for Young Readers, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 106 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781951019082
- 1951019083
- 9781951019075
- 1951019075
- Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, WW2
- Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, World War II
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | I ESCAPE CROWE | 3 | Checked out | 06/26/2024 | 33111010776892 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this stellar, gripping book, a young sailor is caught in the horrors of WW2 and the USS Indianapolis shark attacks. A Notable New Children's Release from multi-award-winning Ellie Crowe and Scott Peters. 16-year-old Josh is thrilled to be a crew member aboard the mighty USS Indianapolis. But when a Japanese torpedo strikes in the middle of the night, it tears the warship in half. Josh is thrown from the deck and plunged deep into the black ocean. In horror, he watches the massive vessel begin its death plunge, threatening to pull him down with it. Josh is no swimmer. He's a baseball player from San Antonio, Texas. He's way out of his element. Soon, hundreds of sharks begin to circle. He's living his worst nightmare, but for how long? How can he survive with no lifeboat, no food or water, and countless hungry sharks? Every hour is a fight because if he gives up, he'll never make it home. But does he have what it takes to survive? With no rescue team in sight, can Josh ever hope to escape?
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Contains an incorrect ISBN on title page verso (9781951019044).
Sixteen year-old Josh is thrilled to be a crew member aboard the mighty USS Indianapolis. But when a Japanese torpedo strikes in the middle of the night, it tears the warship in half. Josh is thrown from the deck and plunged deep into the black ocean. In horror, he watches the massive vessel begin its death plunge, threatening to pull him down with it. Josh is no swimmer. He's a baseball player from San Antonio, Texas. He's way out of his element. Soon, hundreds of sharks begin to circle. He's living his worst nightmare, but for how long? Can he survive without a lifeboat, food or water in a sea of countless hungry sharks? Every hour is a fight because if he gives up, he'll never make it home. But does he have what it takes to survive? With no rescue team in sight, can Josh ever hope to escape?
For readers 9 and up.