| Lost in the Pacific, 1942: Not a Drop to Drink (Lost #1): Volume 1 Contributor(s): Olson, Tod (Author) |
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ISBN: 0545928117 ISBN-13: 9780545928113 Publisher: Scholastic OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers |
| Dewey: 940.544 |
| LCCN: 2016006972 |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Series: Lost |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 176 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 184848 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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? |