JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Adolescence.Used Good (1 available) Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks. The book is told in verse format by narrator and actual survivor Ken Sparks, who is thirteen years of age right before London is destroyed in the. Buy Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood for 22.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars. Almost accidentally, author Susan Hood stumbled upon a historical event that has gone mostly overlooked and it is the basis of her exciting middle grade novel Lifeboat 12.

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I felt transported to the open ocean, and cold to my bones!' - Leslie Connor, author of THE TRUTH AS TOLD BY MASON BUTTLE A 2019 Golden Kite Middle Grade Fiction Award Winner Read more. A richly detailed account of a little-known event in World War II.' - Kirkus Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection 'Middle-grade Titanic fans, here's your next read.' - BCCB 'A captivating tale of the triumph of the human spirit. '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 * 'This stirring novel-in-verse based on a true story is an edge-of-your-seat survival tale, an extensively researched work of historical fiction, and an exemplar of the form.' * School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW * 'Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks.' - Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time Newbery Honor winner 'Told in verse, the story of LIFEBOAT 12 is lyrical, terrifying, and even at times funny. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. 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. Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks. 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. Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk.

Finallly, on the fifth day at sea, the ship's officers announce that they're out of danger. 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 evacuee 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. World War, 1939-1945 - Children - Juvenile fiction.World War, 1939-1945 - Evacuation of civilians - Great Britain - Juvenile fiction.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. A richly detailed account of a little-known event in World War II. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. 'Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks.' Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time Newbery Honor winner 'Told in verse, the story of LIFEBOAT 12 is lyrical, terrifying, and even at times funny.

Life aboard the luxury ship is grandnine-course meals, new friends. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says hes one of the lucky onesone of ninety boys and girls to ship out aboard the SS City of Benares to safety in Canada. Finallly, on the fifth day at sea, the ship's officers announce that they're out of danger. With Nazis bombing London every night, its time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. 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. Recollections of period in Lifeboat 12 in the Atlantic, 9/1940: number of survivors in boat lack of survivors found lack of food and water supplies in.

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