Lifeboat 12

by Susan Hood · 2018

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Thirteen-year-old Ken escapes from WWII London with 89 other boys and girls on a luxury liner bound for Canada. But just as they think their ship is out of danger, it gets torpedoed, and the only thing that stands between Ken and the ocean is a rickety lifeboat and 5 other boys.

Themes
survivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 314 pages
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rhymingrhymingMore like thisLess of this

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