Lifeboat 12 - Susan Hood 有声书音频MP3+电子书
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Age Range: 8 - 13 years
Lifeboat 12
By: Susan Hood
Narrated by: Bruce Mann
Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 06-25-19
Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood - Audiobook - Audible
Publisher's Summary
In the tradition of The War That Saved My Life and Stella by Starlight, this poignant novel in verse based on true events tells the story of a boy's harrowing experience on a lifeboat after surviving a torpedo attack during World War II.
With Nazis bombing London every night, it's time for 13-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 90 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. And after five days 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.
2018 Susan Hood; jacket illustration copyright 2018 by Mike Heath (P)2019 Tantor
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