Lost in the Pacific, 1942: Not a Drop to Drink (Lost #1)
Author | : Tod Olson |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2016-10-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780545928120 |
ISBN-13 | : 0545928125 |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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?