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544487
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch by Latham, Jean Lee 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin, 1983)

BTSB #: 544487 Available

Dewey: FAges: 11-14   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 5.1 6-8 Lexile: 570 F&P: Y

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Bowditch, Nathaniel,|d1773-1838 Navigation - History Sailors


Summary: A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.


15.77 *

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885819
In harm's way : the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the story of its survivors [True Rescue Series]by Tougias, Mike 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2022)

BTSB #: 885819 Available

Dewey: 940.53/NAges: 10-14   
Lexile: 970

Subjects: United States.|bNavy World War, 1939-1945 Sailors Warships Survival skills Life rafts Rescue work Pacific Ocean


Summary: On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four days. How did 316 men manage to survive?


23.98 *

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Lost at sea [Stranded! Testing the limits of survival]by Prentzas, G. S. 

BTSB Prebound(Bearport, 2015)

BTSB #: 730799 Available

Dewey: 910.4/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5 MG

Subjects: Marine accidents Survival at sea Sailors


Summary: A collection of true stories about what it's like to be lost and forced to survive at sea.


23.96 *

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No better friend : a man, a dog, and their incredible true story of friendship and survival in World War II by Weintraub, Robert 

Paperback(Little, Brown, 2018)

BTSB #: 929679 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 10-14   
AR: 7.3 MG RC: 9.2 6-8 Lexile: 1030

Subjects: Williams, Frank,|d1909-2003 Judy - (Dog),|d1936-1950 Great Britain.|bRoyal Navy - Mascots Dogs - War use World War, 1939-1945 - Japanese prisoners and prisons Prisoners of war - Great Britain Prisoners of war - Pacific Area Sailors Human-animal relationship


Summary: Tells the incredible true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger--warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and, later, protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is one of the great recently uncovered stories of World War II.


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