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Radar and the Raft: A True Story About a Scientific Marvel, the Lives it Saved, and the World it Changed
By LANTOS, Jeff
- ISBN
- 9781623543457
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
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Reviewed on September 13, 2024 | Nonfiction Middle To High School
Gr 5 Up—"How did the Bell kids and their mom end up on a sun-baked raft in the vast ocean in the middle of a world war?" This preliminary question leads to 15 deeply researched and alternating chapters packed with history, science, and story. American missionary Ethel Bell's departure from New York, heading for Africa's Ivory Coast in 1938, and her flight from Nazi-invaded Africa in 1942 become a gradually unwinding tale of horrendous shipwreck and survival. This recounting of an American cargo ship torpedoed by a German U...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
