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?
Lost in the Pacific, 1942: Not a Drop to Drink
Scholastic
$16.42 - $32.20
- UPC:
- 9780545928113
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Publication Date:
- 10/25/2016
- Release Date:
- 10/25/2016
- Author:
- Olson, Tod
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Edition:
- Illustrated
- Pages:
- 176