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Author:

Spradlin, Michael P., author.

Title:

Into the killing seas / by Michael P. Spradlin.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

185 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Indianapolis (Cruiser)--History--Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area--History--Juvenile fiction.
Survival at sea--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers--Juvenile fiction.
War stories.
Indianapolis (Cruiser)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
War stories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

In 1945 twelve-year-old Patrick and his younger brother Teddy stowaway on the U.S.S. Indianapolis in a desparate attempt to get back to the Philippines where they last saw their parents, just before the Japanese invasion--but when the ship is sunk they find themselves clinging to a piece of debris without food or water, and with hungry sharks circling below.

ISBN:

0545726026
9780545726023 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2014026366

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