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. 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. With Nazis bombing London every night, it's time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. 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. The 2020 Oklahoma Library Association's Children's Sequoyah Book Award Winner The 2020–2021 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award List The 2019 Golden Kite Middle Grade Fiction Award Winner 'An edge-of-your seat survival tale.' - School Library Journal (starred review) 'Middle grade Titanic fans, here's your next read.' - BCCB A richly detailed account of a little-known event in World War II.' - Kirkus Reviews 'Lyrical, terrifying, and even at times funny. 'Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks.' -Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time Newbery Honor winner Visit her at /Home.Ĭustomers who bought this item also bought.'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 Ada's Violin is her latest nonfiction picture book and Lifeboat 12 is her first novel in verse.

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. The Tooth Mouse was named a 2013 Best Book of the Year by Bank Street and the Cooperative Children's Book Center. 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. 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.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Hood, Susan: - Susan Hood has written more than 200 picture books. 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. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. And after five days at sea, the ship's officers announce that they're out of danger.

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. The 2020-2021 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award List 'An edge-of-your seat survival tale.' - School Library Journal (starred review) A Junior Library Guild Selection '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 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 Juvenile Fiction | Transportation - Boats, Ships, & Underwater Craft Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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