Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
Lifeboat 12 Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Hood, Susan (Author)

View larger image

ISBN: 1481468847     ISBN-13: 9781481468848
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Retail: $8.99OUR PRICE: $6.56  
  Buy 25 or more:OUR PRICE: $6.02   Save More!
  Buy 100 or more:OUR PRICE: $5.75   Save More!


  WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD!   Click here for our low price guarantee

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2019
Qty:
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Fiction | Transportation - Boats, Ships, & Underwater Craft
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2017034872
Age Level: 8-13
Grade Level: 3-8
Lexile Measure: 610(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.19" W x 7.63" L (0.50 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 197987
Reading Level: 4.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
"This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most."--Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus
"Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks." --Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time Newbery Honor winner
"Lyrical, terrifying, and even at times funny. A richly detailed account of a little-known event in World War II." --Kirkus Reviews

"Middle grade Titanic fans, here's your next read." --BCCB
"An edge-of-your seat survival tale." --School Library Journal (starred review)

A Junior Library Guild Selection
The 2019 Golden Kite Middle Grade Fiction Award Winner
A 2019 ALSC Notable Children's Book
The 2019-2020 Lectio Book Award Winner
The 2020-2021 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award List
The 2020 Oklahoma Library Association's Children's Sequoyah Book Award Winner
The Connecticut Book Award Winner

In the tradition of The War That Saved My Life and Stella By Starlight, this poignant novel in verse based on true events tells the story of a boy's harrowing experience on a lifeboat after surviving a torpedo attack during World War II.

With Nazis bombing London every night, it's time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says he's one of the lucky ones--one of ninety boys and girls to ship out aboard the SS City of Benares to safety in Canada.

Life aboard the luxury ship is grand--nine-course meals, new friends, and a life far from the bombs, rations, and his stepmum's glare. And after five days at sea, the ship's officers announce that they're out of danger.

They're wrong.

Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. They've been hit. Torpedoed The Benares is sinking fast. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. Will they get away? Will they survive?

Award-winning author Susan Hood brings this little-known World War II story to life in a riveting novel of courage, hope, and compassion. Based on true events and real people, Lifeboat 12 is about believing in one another, knowing that only by banding together will we have any chance to survive.


Contributor Bio(s): Hood, Susan: - Susan Hood has written more than 200 picture books. She has received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and her book Spike, The Mixed-Up Monster won the 2013 International Latino Award and was selected for the Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended List. The Tooth Mouse was named a 2013 Best Book of the Year by Bank Street and the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Prior to becoming an author, Susan was a children's magazine editor at Scholastic and Instructor Magazine, a book editor at Sesame Workshop, and the Children's Content Director of Nick Jr. Magazine. Ada's Violin is her latest nonfiction picture book and Lifeboat 12 is her first novel in verse. Visit her at SusanHoodBooks.com/Home.
 
Customers who bought this item also bought...

The Unteachables
Small Spaces
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
The Night Diary
Deep Water
Every Shiny Thing
I Am Still Alive
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!