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Lifeboat 5 : based on a true story  Cover Image Book Book

Lifeboat 5 : based on a true story / Susan Hood.

Hood, Susan, 1954- (author.).

Summary:

Based on the lives, rescue, and continuing friendship of British evacuees Bess Walder, 15, and Beth Cummings, 14, who spent fourteen hours in the North Atlantic with their hands grasped across their overturned lifeboat after the Nazis torpedoed the SS City of Benares on route to Canada in 1940. Includes historical notes.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781665943246
  • ISBN: 1665943246
  • Physical Description: 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241).
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Grades 4-6. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Subject: Survival > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Juvenile fiction.
City of Benares (Ship) > Juvenile fiction.
Shipwreck survival > Juvenile fiction.
Lifeboats > Juvenile fiction.
British > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Survival fiction.
Novels in verse.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 9 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Harrisonville J HOO 2024 (Text) 0002205956796 New Juvenile Books Available -


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