{"product_id":"lifeboat-12-9781481468848","title":"Lifeboat 12","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eAda's Violin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlias Anna\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarboring Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Straw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLifeboat 12\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShaking Things Up\u003c\/i\u003e. Susan is the recipient of the E.B. White Honor Award, two Christopher Awards, the Am?ricas Award, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, and two Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Awards, given to \"a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people.\" In addition to winning many state reading awards, Susan's books have been named a National Jewish Book Awards finalist, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book, a NCTE Notable Poetry Book, a NSTA Best Stem Book of the Year, an Amazon Teachers' Pick, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Visit her at SusanHoodBooks.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601300328722,"sku":"9781481468848","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9478fc9a-03b0-4a30-b7ff-6196ce9f81e6.jpg?v=1737295315","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lifeboat-12-9781481468848","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}