Lost in the Pacific, 1942: Not a Drop to Drink (Lost #1): Volume 1

By Tod Olson

Book Overview

LOST IN THE PACIFIC is the first book in a new narrative nonfiction series that tells the true story of a band of World War II soldiers who became stranded at sea and had to fight for survival.

World War II, October 21, 1942. A B-17 bomber drones high over the Pacific Ocean, sending a desperate SOS into the air. The crew is carrying America's greatest living war hero on a secret mission deep into the battle zone. But the plane is lost, burning through its final gallons of fuel.At 1:30 p.m., there is only one choice left: an emergency landing at sea. If the crew survives the impact, they will be left stranded without food or water hundreds of miles from civilization. Eight men. Three inflatable rafts. Sixty-eight million square miles of ocean. What will it take to make it back alive?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545928117
• ISBN13: 9780545928113
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9