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Into the killing seas / Michael P. Spradlin.

Summary:

In 1945 twelve-year-old Patrick and his younger brother Teddy stowaway on the U.S.S. Indianapolis in a desperate attempt to get back to the Philippines where they last saw their parents, just before the Japanese invasion--but when the ship is sunk they find themselves clinging to a piece of debris without food or water, and with hungry sharks circling below.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780545726023
  • Physical Description: 185 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Scholastic, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
640L Lexile
Decoding demand: 90 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 88 (very high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 5 172915.
Subject: Indianapolis (Cruiser) > History > Juvenile fiction.
Indianapolis (Cruiser) > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > History > Juvenile fiction.
Survival at sea > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: War fiction.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Montgomery City Public.

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  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Montgomery City Public Library JF SPR (Text) 31927000008910 Juvenile Fiction Available -

Syndetic Solutions - Summary for ISBN Number 9780545726023
Into the Killing Seas
Into the Killing Seas
by Spradlin, Michael P.
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Into the Killing Seas


When the ship goes down, the sharks come out....Stranded in the war torn Pacific, Patrick and his younger brother Teddy are finally homeward-bound. They've stowed away on one of the US Navy's finest ships, and now they just need to stay hidden. But Japanese torpedoes rip their dream apart.And the sinking ship isn't the worst of it. Patrick and Teddy can handle hunger and dehydration as they float in the water and wait to be rescued. If they're smart, they can even deal with the madness that seems to plague their fellow survivors. No, the real danger circles beneath the surface. And it has teeth....Based on the true events of the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis, author Michael P. Spradlin tells a harrowing story of World War II.

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