Lost in the Pacific, 1942 : Not a Drop to Drink (Lost #1): Volume 1
by Tod Olson
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Overview
LOST IN THE PACIFIC is the first book in a new narrative nonfiction series that tells the true story of a band of World War II soldiers who became stranded at sea and had to fight for survival.
World War II, October 21, 1942. A B-17 bomber drones high over the Pacific Ocean, sending a desperate SOS into the air. The crew is carrying America's greatest living war hero on a secret mission deep into the battle zone. But the plane is lost, burning through its final gallons of fuel.At 1:30 p.m., there is only one choice left: an emergency landing at sea. If the crew survives the impact, they will be left stranded without food or water hundreds of miles from civilization. Eight men. Three inflatable rafts. Sixty-eight million square miles of ocean. What will it take to make it back alive?
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780545928113
- ISBN-10: 0545928117
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Publish Date: October 2016
- Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 176
- Reading Level: Ages 10-14
