Lifeboat 12 : based on a true story

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ISBN: 154444446X
ISBN: 9781544444468
ISBN: 1481468847
ISBN: 9781481468848
ISBN: 1481468839
ISBN: 9781481468831
Physical Description: 314 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary, etc.:	With Nazis bombing London every night, it's time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. 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. 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. Finallly, on the fifth day at sea, the ship's officers announce that they're out of danger. They're wrong. Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. They've been hit. Torpedoed! The Benares is sinking fast. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. 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. 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. -- From dust jacket.
Target Audience Note:	610L Lexile Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 90 (high) Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader MG 4.0 4.0.
Awards Note:	A Junior Library Guild Selection. Winner of Sequoyah Book Children's Award, 2020.