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.

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   


Genres:

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?

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

Genres:

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.

Marina de Guerra de los Estados Unidos [Fuerzas Armadas De Los Estados Unidos (U.S. Armed Forces)]by Morey, Allan 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Pogo, 2021)

BTSB #: 658368 Available

Dewey: 359.0097/NAges: 7-10   
Lexile: 540

Genres: Spanish Language

Subjects: United States.|bNavy Sailors Military education Military supplies Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: Learn about the U.S. Navy, its history and importance, duties and special missions, how it relates to and works with other branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and more. In Spanish.