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The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue
By TOUGIAS, Michael J. & Casey Sherman
- ISBN
- 9780805097641
- Publisher
- Holt Christy Ottaviano
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2014 | Grades 5 and Up
Gr 6 Up—This "young readers" adaptation of The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue (Scribner, 2009) tells the story of the 1952 rescue of 70 men (and the deaths of 14 more) aboard two oil tankers that were heavily damaged 20 miles apart during a fierce winter storm off Cape Cod. At times it reads as a character-driven narrative, with short, biographical sketche...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
This is an adaptation for younger people of an adult book of the same title. Although the abridgement sometimes makes fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
