Lifeboat 5 / Susan Hood.
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 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1665943246 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781665943253 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1665943254 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Based on a true story." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 8-12. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Grades 4-6. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | City of Benares (Ship) > Fiction. Shipwreck survival > Fiction. Survival > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Fiction. Lifeboats > Fiction. British > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. War fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Covington Branch | J HOOD S (Text) | 33126026415012 | J New Fiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | J HOOD S (Text) | 33126026414973 | J New Fiction | Checked out | 11/09/2024 |
Independence Branch | J HOOD S (Text) | 33126026415020 | J New Fiction | Available | - |