{"product_id":"lifeboat-12-paperback","title":"Lifeboat 12 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Hood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most.\"--Dashka Slater, author of \u003ci\u003eThe 57 Bus \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks.\" --Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time Newbery Honor winner\u003cbr\u003e \"Lyrical, terrifying, and even at times funny. A richly detailed account of a little-known event in World War II.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Middle grade \u003ci\u003eTitanic \u003c\/i\u003efans, here's your next read.\" --\u003ci\u003eBCCB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An edge-of-your seat survival tale.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe 2019 Golden Kite Middle Grade Fiction Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA 2019 ALSC Notable Children\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003es Book\u003cbr\u003e The 2019-2020 Lectio Book Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e The 2020-2021 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award List\u003cbr\u003e The 2020 Oklahoma Library Association's Children's Sequoyah Book Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e The Connecticut Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe War That Saved My Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStella By Starlight\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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 boys and girls to ship out aboard the \u003ci\u003eSS City of Benares\u003c\/i\u003e to safety in Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLife 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey're wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLate that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. They've been hit. Torpedoed  The \u003ci\u003eBenares\u003c\/i\u003e is sinking fast. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. Will they get away? Will they survive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-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, \u003ci\u003eLifeboat 12 \u003c\/i\u003eis about believing in one another, knowing that only by banding together will we have any chance to survive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Hood has written more than 200 picture books. She has received starred reviews in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, and her book \u003ci\u003eSpike, The Mixed-Up Monster\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2013 International Latino Award and was selected for the Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended List. \u003ci\u003eThe Tooth Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e was named a 2013 Best Book of the Year by Bank Street and the Cooperative Children's Book Center. Prior to becoming an author, Susan was a children's magazine editor at Scholastic and \u003ci\u003eInstructor Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, a book editor at \u003ci\u003eSesame Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Children's Content Director of \u003ci\u003eNick Jr. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAda's Violin\u003c\/i\u003e is her latest nonfiction picture book and \u003ci\u003eLifeboat 12 \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel in verse. 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