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Title Statement | Lifeboat 5 / Susan Hood. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Lifeboat five |
Author | Hood, Susan, 1954- |
Publication | New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,2024. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 259 pages |
ISBN | 9781665943246 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07645980 |
General Notes | "Based on a true story." |
Audience & Ratings | 008-012. Grades 4-6. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
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. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | British--Juvenile fiction |
Lifeboats--Juvenile fiction | |
Shipwreck survival--Juvenile fiction | |
Survival--Juvenile fiction | |
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile fiction--Evacuation of civilians | |
By Name | City of Benares (Ship)--Juvenile fiction |
By Genre | Action and adventure fiction |
Children's stories | |
Novels in verse | |
Survival fiction |