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Sink or swim  Cover Image Book Book

Sink or swim / Steve Watkins.

Summary:

In January 1942, twelve-year-old Colton is on his family's fishing boat in the Atlantic with his older brother Danny when the boat is capsized by a Nazi U-boat, and Danny is severely injured; realizing how close the enemy is, Colton takes his brother's enlistment papers and joins the Navy, determined to do his part to defeat Germany--if only he can keep his age a secret and survive life at sea.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1338057936 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781338057935 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 247 pages
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A novel of World War II"--Cover.
Target Audience Note:
Appeals to 4th-6th graders.
Reading level Grade 6.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 8.99
Subject: United States. Navy > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Atlantic Ocean > Juvenile fiction.
Submarines (Ships) > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > 1933-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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