Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert

by Marc Aronson

Book Overview

The amazing story of the trapped Chilean miners and their incredible rescue that Publishers Weekly calls "a riveting, in-depth recounting of the events that held the world rapt."

In early August 2010, the unthinkable happened when a mine collapsed in Copiap , Chile, trapping thirty-three miners 2,000 feet below the surface. For sixty-nine days they lived on meager resources with increasingly poor air quality. When they were finally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416913971
• ISBN13: 9781416913979
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9